An Operational Definition of Religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9205686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hideo Kishimoto (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1961 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 236 |
| Publication date | 1961-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Numen (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-5973 • E-ISSN: 1568-5276 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3269442 |
| OpenAlex | W4234707836 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
For the science of religion, it is indispensable to have a definition of religion as the starting point of its study. The term science of religion may still be somewhat unfamiliar and sound strange. It only means an approach to the study of religion, using the empirical and scientific method. Basically, the science of religion is not different from any of the disciplines in the fields of natural science and behavioral science. It fulfils the basic requirements of scientific investigation. The basic requirements for science are two, the method of study, and the object of study. As to the former, the science of religion follows the general nature of scientific method, which is to be objective, value neutral and positivistic-positivistic in the sense that all the inquiries must be based upon observable phenomena. The object of study must be open and available for observation by anybody who wants to study it. Now, to turn to the problem of the object of study, religious phenomena, which are the object of study of the science of religion, involve man's value elements. On this point, it is different from natural phenomena. This makes the point of departure for behavioral science from natural science
Epistemology · History of religions · Natural (archaeology) · Natural science · Object (grammar) · Point (geometry) · Positivism · Research Object · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Value (mathematics) · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Education and Islamic Studies · History · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |