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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Phenomenology of Religion
(4,611 words)
Abstract: Phenomenology of religion has been a characteristic approach of the science of religion. With affinities to philosophical phenomenology, it claims to possess methods which deliver (relative…
Philology
(3,051 words)
Abstract: Philology is not a method but a tradition of textual scholarship reaching back into Greco-Roman antiquity. The entry outlines four aspects that have been of central importance to its develo…
Philosophy of Religion
(3,025 words)
Abstract: Philosophy of religion consists in philosophical reflection on matters of religious significance; this includes addressing questions about the nature of God, the soul, the origin and contin…
Pilgrimage
(3,345 words)
Abstract: Pilgrimage is a form of sacralized mobility that has increased in popularity over the past century, measured in terms of number of participants. The reasons for such growth are taken to inc…
Date:
2014-09-16
Pluralism and Plurality
(3,835 words)
Abstract: There are a plurality of religions and of variants within each. Religious pluralism is one response to this plurality of religious thought. The two alternative, competing responses are reli…
Date:
2014-09-16