A Matter of Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID12201885
AuthorsT Mostowlansky (0000-0001-6038-2301, University of Bern, Institut für ReligionswissenschaftLerchenweg 36, p.o. Box 3000 Bern 9Switzerland, corresponding author), Andrea Rota (0000-0001-8861-2199, University of Bern, Institut für ReligionswissenschaftLerchenweg 36, p.o. Box 3000 Bern 9Switzerland, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume28
Issue4-5
Pages317-336
Publication date2015-11-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMethod & Theory in the Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0943-3058 • E-ISSN: 1570-0682
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15700682-12341367
OpenAlexW2300312404
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited43

This article introduces the emic–etic debate in the scientific study of religion\s and provides a frame for the special issue’s six articles on the topic. Departing from the broader debate’s early history in the 1960s, this article contextualizes the emic–etic debate and locates its point of entry into the scientific study of religion\s in the 1980s. This article argues that in the course of the debate the insider–outsider and emic–etic complexes have become entangled. In order to facilitate an understanding of the debate, this article maintains that the emic–etic debate in the scientific study of religion\s touches upon three central dimensions (existential–political, methodological, and epistemological). In order to move toward a clearer methodological and epistemological framework, this article furthermore proposes an iterative model that locates insider–outsider at the level of observers and emic–etic at the level of categories

Economics · Emic and etic · Epistemology · Existentialism · Insider · Order (exchange · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Study and Philosophy of Religion

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