| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 543 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in the history of religions,
0169-8834 ;
v. 84
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Studies in the history of religions ; 84.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Introduction. In defence of pragmatism / Arie L. Molendijk -- pt. 2. Modern Contexts. Politics of defining religion in secular society: From a taken-for-granted institution to a contested resource / James A. Beckford. Religion as claim: Social and legal controversies / Massimo Introvigne. Religion as memory: Reference to tradition and the constitution of a heritage of belief in modern societies / Daniele Hervieu-Leger. Paradoxes: An essay on the object of the Psychology of Religion / Jacob A. Belzen -- pt. 3. Conceptual Changes. 'Religio' and 'religion' in the 18th century: The contrasting views of Wolff and Edelmann / Ernst Feil. Shifting cargoes: Ernst Troeltsch on the study of religion / Arie L. Molendijk. |
| Summary |
"This volume promotes a pragmatic, anti-essentialist and anti-hegemonic approach to the problem of the definition of religion. It argues that definitions of religion are context-bound strategies for pursuing a variety of purposes, extra-academic as well as academic. Religions being immensely varied, complex and multi-functional phenomena, they need to be studied by several academic disciplines from many different perspectives. It is, therefore, legitimate and useful that many definitions of religions are developed. The volume has contributions from scholars in Philosophy of Religion, the Comparative Study of Religions, Anthropology of Religion, Sociology of Religion and Psychology of Religion."--Jacket |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion -- Philosophy.
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Religion -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Platvoet, Jan.
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Molendijk, Arie L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pragmatics of defining religion. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999 (DLC) 99033639 (OCoLC)41645951 |
| ISBN |
9789004379091 (electronic book) |
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9004379096 (electronic book) |
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9004115447 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9789004115446 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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