The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11639333
AutoresRobert A Segal (0000-0003-2674-3403, Institute of Religious Studies, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen5
Número2
Páginas181-90
Fecha de publicación2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRelegere Studies in Religion and Reception (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1179-7231 • E-ISSN: 1179-7231
EditorialUniversity of Otago (PUBLISHER • NZ)
DOI10.11157/rsrr5-2-676
OpenAlexW1601939289
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

This article presents the approach to religion taken by the Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, edited by Robert Segal. The approach taken is largely, though not wholly, that of the social sciences: anthropology, economics, psychology, and sociology. The social scientific approach to religion is pitted against the approach taken by the field of religious studies itself—an approach called “religionist.” The claims by the religionist approach against the social sciences are identified and refuted

Anthropology of religion · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · History of religions · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Anthropology · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Study and Philosophy of Religion