The Pragmatics of Defining Religion
Contexts, Concepts and Contests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19901249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Belier Belier, Peter Byrne (0000-0001-8654-0929), Wulff Wulff, H J Adriaanse, Han Adriaanse, Meerten ter Borg, James A Beckford, James Beckford, Jacob A Belzen, Virginia Cox, Droogers Droogers, Feil Feil, Danièle Hervieu-Léger, Danièle Hervieu‐léger, Massimo Introvigne, Introvigne Massimo (0000-0002-1336-1409), Jorgen Schmitt Jensen (0000-0001-5961-2069), Jeppe Sinding Jensen, Zock Zock, Wouter J Hanegraaff (0000-0001-9570-2010), Jan A M Snoek |
| Editors | Platvoet Platvoet, Arie Molendijk |
| Year | 1999 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Pragmatics of Defining Religion (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004379091 |
| OpenAlex | W3096364626 |
| ISBN | 9789004379091 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
This volume promotes a pragmatic, anti-essentialist and anti-hegemonic approach to the problem of the definition of religion. It argues that definitions of religion are context-bound strategies for pursuing a variety of purposes, extra-academic as well as academic. Religions being immensely varied, complex and multi-functional phenomena, they need to be studied by several academic disciplines from many different perspectives. It is, therefore, legitimate and useful that many definitions of religions are developed. The volume has contributions from scholars in Philosophy of Religion, the Comparative Study of Religions, Anthropology of Religion, Sociology of Religion and Psychology of Religion. It has chapters on the polemics of defining religion in modern contexts, the history of the concept of religion, and the methodology of its definition; it includes several definition proposals
Center for the Study of Religion and Society · Comparative religion · Comparative Theology · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Essentialism · Hegemony · Lived religion · Political science · Secular state · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Variety (cybernetics) · Anthropology · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Study and Philosophy of Religion
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2026 (26) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |