Reductionism In The Study Of Religion

Author : Idinopulos,Yonan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004378841

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Religion and Reductionism by Idinopulos,Yonan Pdf

This volume on Religion and Reductionism grew out of a conference convened in November, 1990, where the participants were asked to respond to the conceptual and methodological problem of reductionism in the academic study of religion. The conference focused on the writings of Robert A. Segal and his defence of reductionism and criticism of Mircea Eliade's non-reductive interpretation of religion. At the Miami conference some of the most important and enduring questions were raised: (1) What is religion? (2) What is religion and/or religious meaning? (3) How should religion be studied and taught? (4) What are the possibilities and limits of social scientific analyses of religious phenomena? (5) What is reductionism? (6) What is anti-reductionism? These and other questions on religion and reductionism are widespread and invite serious consideration; they help to illuminate the basic issues that are at the core of any study of the world's major religions.

Author : Lyle M. Eslinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Reductionism
ISBN : OCLC:233986807

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Reductionism in the Study of Religion by Lyle M. Eslinger Pdf

Author : Richard H. Jones
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0838754392

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Reductionism by Richard H. Jones Pdf

Reductionism's approach brings together many of the most interesting questions today in philosophy (consciousness and computers) and in science (issues of complexity and self-organization). It also presents a brief history of how reductionism has developed in Western philosophy and religion, with reference to Indian philosophy on certain issues.

Author : Donald Wiebe
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004385061

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The Science of Religion: A Defence by Donald Wiebe Pdf

The Science of Religion: A Defence offers a brilliant overview of Donald Wiebe’s contributions on methodology in the academic study of religion, of the development of his thinking over time, and of his intellectual commitment to 'a science of religion'.

Author : James A. Van Slyke
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781409421245

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The Cognitive Science of Religion by James A. Van Slyke Pdf

The cognitive science of religion is a relatively new academic field in the study of the origins and causes of religious belief and behaviour. The focal point of empirical research is the role of basic human cognitive functions in the formation and transmission of religious beliefs. However, many theologians and religious scholars are concerned that this perspective will reduce and replace explanations based in religious traditions, beliefs, and values. This book attempts to bridge the reductionist divide between science and religion through examination and critique of different aspects of the cognitive science of religion and offers a conciliatory approach that investigates the multiple causal factors involved in the emergence of religion.

Author : Jason N. Blum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Naturalism
ISBN : 9004346627

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The Question of Methodological Naturalism by Jason N. Blum Pdf

The Question of Methodological Naturalism offers ten essays on the role of naturalism in religious studies, ranging from sophisticated intellectual histories and philosophical analyses to trenchant denunciations and ringing endorsements. All have profound implications for the study of religions.

Author : Russell T. McCutcheon
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441115782

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The Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion by Russell T. McCutcheon Pdf

Thirty classic and contemporary readings - from such writers as Kant, Hume, Schleiermacher, and Otto, to Ninian Smart, Mircea Eliade, Karen McCarthy-Brown, and Wendy Doniger.

Author : Thomas Cattoi,David M. Odorisio
Publisher : Springer
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319790961

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Depth Psychology and Mysticism by Thomas Cattoi,David M. Odorisio Pdf

Since the late 19th century, when the “new science” of psychology and interest in esoteric and occult phenomena converged – leading to the “discovery” of the unconscious – the dual disciplines of depth psychology and mysticism have been wed in an often unholy union. Continuing in this tradition, and the challenges it carries, this volume includes a variety of inter-disciplinary approaches to the study of depth psychology, mysticism, and mystical experience, spanning the fields of theology, religious studies, and the psychology of religion. Chapters include inquiries into the nature of self and consciousness, questions regarding the status and limits of mysticism and mystical phenomenon, and approaches to these topics from multiple depth psychological traditions.

Author : Russell T. McCutcheon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317491668

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Studying Religion by Russell T. McCutcheon Pdf

Widely used as a primer, a text and a provocation to critical thinking, 'Studying Religion' aims to develop students' skills. The book clearly explains the methods and theories employed in the study of religion. Essays are offered on a range of topics: from the history and functions of religion to public discourse on religion and the classification of religions. The works of key scholars - from Karl Marx, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Rudolf Otto to Mircea Eliade, James G. Frazer, and Sigmund Freud - are analysed and explored. 'Studying Religion' represents a shift away from the traditional focus of describing the exotic or curious religious 'Other' to an examination of how religious behaviours and institutions are studied. The book will be invaluable to students of religious studies.

Author : Christian Smith
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691191645

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Religion by Christian Smith Pdf

A groundbreaking new theory of religion Religion remains an important influence in the world today, yet the social sciences are still not adequately equipped to understand and explain it. This book advances an innovative theory of religion that goes beyond the problematic theoretical paradigms of the past. Drawing on the philosophy of critical realism and personalist social theory, Christian Smith explores why humans are religious in the first place—uniquely so as a species—and offers an account of secularization and religious innovation and persistence that breaks the logjam in which religious scholarship has been stuck for so long. Certain to stimulate debate and inspire promising new avenues of scholarship, Religion features a wealth of illustrations and examples that help to make its concepts accessible to readers. This superbly written book brings sound theoretical thinking to a perennially thorny subject, and a new vitality and focus to its study.

Author : Robert Alan Segal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X001650946

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Religion and the Social Sciences by Robert Alan Segal Pdf

Author : Nickolas P. Roubekas,Thomas Ryba
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004435025

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Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth by Nickolas P. Roubekas,Thomas Ryba Pdf

Taking its cue from Robert A. Segal’s work, Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth: Contributions in Honor of Robert A. Segal offers a set of essays by renowned scholars addressing the persisting question of how to approach religion and myth as academic categories.

Author : Gavin Flood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441178220

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Beyond Phenomenology by Gavin Flood Pdf

This book argues that the understanding and explanation of religion is always historically contingent. Grounded in the work of Bakhtin and Ricoeur, Flood positions the academic study of religion within contemporary debates in the social sciences and humanities concerning modernity and postmodernity, particularly contested issues regarding truth and knowledge. It challenges the view that religions are privileged, epistemic objects, argues for the importance of metatheory, and presents an argument for the dialogical nature of inquiry. The study of religion should begin with language and culture, and this shift in emphasis to the philosophy of the sign in hermeneutics and away from the philosophy of consciousness in phenomenology has far-reaching implications. It means a new ethic of practice which is sensitive to the power relationship in any epistemology; it opens the door to feminist and postcolonial critique, and it provides a methodology which allows for the interface between religious studies, theology, and the social sciences.

Author : Malcolm B. Hamilton
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion and sociology
ISBN : 9780415226677

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The Sociology of Religion by Malcolm B. Hamilton Pdf

This expanded second edition combines a discussion of the main theorists with a wide range of material illustrating the diversity of religious beliefs and practices.

Author : Seth Daniel Kunin,Jonathan Miles-Watson
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 081353965X

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Theories of Religion by Seth Daniel Kunin,Jonathan Miles-Watson Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive selection of readings that relate to and explore the definition of religion. The texts come from a wide range of approaches, unified both by the questions they are addressing and their broadly social scientific perspective. The disciplines covered include anthropology, phenomenology, psychology and sociology. The editors have also included some key texts relating to the feminist approach to and critique of religion. The first section of the book includes some of the foundational texts, such as materials by Marx, Freud, and Durkheim. The remaining sections look at more recent discussions of the issues from the different disciplinary perspectives. Each reading is introduced by a biographical sketch of the author. The book also includes introductory discussions to each section that both raise the key issues developed in a particular discipline and address the disciplinary approaches from a more critical stance. Theories of Religion: A Reader is an invaluable critical resource, accessible to a broad audience as well as students of theology and religious studies.