The Science of Religion and the Sociology of Knowledge: Some Methodological Questions - Couverture rigide

Smart, Ninian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0691071918 ISBN 13 : 9780691071916

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1973

Synopsis

Ambitiously undertaking to develop a strategy for making the study of religion "scientific," Ninian Smart tackles a set of interrelated issues that bear importantly on the status of religion as an academic discipline. He draws a clear distinction between studying religion and "doing theology," and considers how phenomenological method may be used in investigating objects of religious attitudes without presupposing the existence of God or gods. He goes on to criticize projectionist theories of religion (notably Berger's) and theories of rationality in both religion and anthropology.

On this basis he builds a theory of religious dynamics which gives religious ideas and entities an autonomous place in the sociology of knowledge. His overall purpose is thus "to indicate ways forward in the study of religion which free it from being crypto-apologetics or elevating poetry."

Originally published in 1973.

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ambitiously undertaking to develop a strategy for making the study of religion "scientific", Ninian Smart tackles a set of interrelated issues that bear importantly on the status of religion as an academic discipline. He draws a clear distinction between studying religion and "doing theology", and considers how phenomenological method may be used in investigating objects of religious attitudes without presupposing the existence of God or gods. He goes on to criticize projectionist theories of religion (notably Berger's) and theories of rationality in both religion and anthropology. On this basis he builds a theory of religious dynamics which gives religious ideas and entities an autonomous place in the sociology of knowledge. His overall purpose is thus "to indicate ways forward in the study of religion which free it from being crypto-apologetics or elevating poetry". Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ninian Smart is J. F. Rowny Professor of Comparative Religions at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Among his many books are "Buddhism and Christianity: Rivals and Allies" (1993), "Choosing a Faith" (1995), and "The Religious Experience" (5th edition, 1996).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 1973
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691071918
• ISBN 13: 9780691071916
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 174
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