Religious Studies as a Scientific Discipline: The Persistence of a Delusion
We argue that it is delusory to think that "religious studies" has ever achieved, or can achieve, a full emancipation from religious concerns. We support this argument on the basis of the history of the field and our understanding of universal cognitive proclivities that have shaped that h...
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| Published in | Journal of the American Academy of Religion Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 587 - 597 |
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Cary, NC
American Academy of Religion, Oxford University Press
01.09.2012
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| DOI | 10.1093/jaarel/lfs030 |
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| Abstract | We argue that it is delusory to think that "religious studies" has ever achieved, or can achieve, a full emancipation from religious concerns. We support this argument on the basis of the history of the field and our understanding of universal cognitive proclivities that have shaped that history. |
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| AbstractList | We argue that it is delusory to think that "religious studies" has ever achieved, or can achieve, a full emancipation from religious concerns. We support this argument on the basis of the history of the field and our understanding of universal cognitive proclivities that have shaped that history. We argue that it is delusory to think that "religious studies" has ever achieved, or can achieve, a full emancipation from religious concerns. We support this argument on the basis of the history of the field and our understanding of universal cognitive proclivities that have shaped that history. (Author abstract) |
| Author | Martin, Luther H. Wiebe, Donald |
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