Title How to do comparative religion? : three ways, many goals / edited by René Gothóni

Published Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 221 pages) Series Religion and reason ; v. 44 Religion and reason ; 44. Contents Contents -- Introduction -- Major Contributions of Philosophical Phenomenology and Hermeneutics to the Study of Religion -- Phenonomenology of Religion: Between 'Given' and Constructed -- Going, going, goneâ€?Or How I Fail to Gain Hermeneutic Understanding -- Phenomenology as a Preliminary Method -- Response -- Beyond Thick Descriptions and Interpretive Sciences: Explaining Religious Meaning -- The Limits of Explaining in Religious Studies -- Science/Religion Controversyâ€?Are the Grounds of Naturalism Still Valid for Their Confrontation? -- Understanding the Other ResponseIntroduction -- Methodologyâ€?Tool or Trap? -- Research and Sexual Difference -- When is Methodology a Trap? -- Skyhooks and Toeholds in the Study of Religion1 -- Response -- Religion and Relations -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subject Summary Annotation Well-known scholars in the study of religions bring up to date and elucidate the discussion on the three most debated approaches in comparative religion, namely, the hermeneutical approach, the explanatory or cognitivist approach, and the critical approach. The approaches and methods of studying religion are disputed in an outspoken and challenging way, critically and radically arguing pros and cons. This work is unique, unrivalled, and full of essential insights into the dialogue of today and of the challenges of tomorrow Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Religions -- Congresses Phenomenology -- Congresses Hermeneutics -- Congresses RELIGION -- Education. Hermeneutics Phenomenology Religions Hermeneutik Religion Religionsphänomenologie Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft Godsdienstwetenschap. Methodologie. Vakbeoefening. Helsinki <2002> Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Helsinki (2002) Kongress. Form Electronic book Author Gothóni, René, 1950- LC no. 2005027039 ISBN 9783110922608 3110922606

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