The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11639333
AutoresRobert A Segal (0000-0003-2674-3403, Institute of Religious Studies, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume5
Fascículo2
Páginas181-90
Data de publicação2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRelegere Studies in Religion and Reception (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1179-7231 • E-ISSN: 1179-7231
EditoraUniversity of Otago (PUBLISHER • NZ)
DOI10.11157/rsrr5-2-676
OpenAlexW1601939289
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14

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