Vocabulary for the Study of Religion
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Subject: Religious Studies
Edited by: Robert A. Segal & Kocku von Stuckrad.
The Vocabulary for the Study of Religion offers a unique overview of critical terms in the study of religion(s). This first dictionary in English covers a broad spectrum of theoretical topics used in the academic study of religion, including those from adjacent disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, historiography, theology, philology, literary studies, psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, and political sciences.
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The Vocabulary for the Study of Religion offers a unique overview of critical terms in the study of religion(s). This first dictionary in English covers a broad spectrum of theoretical topics used in the academic study of religion, including those from adjacent disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, historiography, theology, philology, literary studies, psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, and political sciences.
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Geisteswissenschaft
(2,460 words)
Abstract: The German term
Geisteswissenschaft is generally translated as “human science” in English. The
Geisteswissenschaften received their classical formulation in Wilhelm Dilthey’s
Introduction
to the Human Sciences. Dilth…
Date:
2014-09-16
Gender
(6,194 words)
Abstract: There is contention over the meanings of the terms “sex” and “gender.” To understand why, this entry analyzes their etymologies, their biological and cultural components, contemporary usage…
Date:
2014-09-16
Genre
(2,335 words)
Abstract: Subdivisions in literature between types or forms of writing are genres, and within those, subgenres. Generally association with the social situations in which they are generated (whether o…
Date:
2014-09-16
Gestures
(6,269 words)
Abstract: Gestures play an important role in religion and faith. They are significant movements of the body that, directed at those addressed, express and present a shared intentionality. They are br…