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Methodological issues in religious studies : with special attention to Lauri Honko's theoretical contribution / Matti Kamppinen ; with a preface by Donald Wiebe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kamppinen, Matti, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion--Methodology.
- Religion.
- Anthropology of religion.
- Honko, Lauri.
- Physical Description:
- x, 116 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The relevance of philosophy
- Conceptual analysis and argumentation
- Argumentation in everyday life
- Argumentation in science
- Deductive argument
- Inductive argument
- Abductive argument
- Burden of proof
- Fallacies
- Philosophy of religious studies
- Ontology
- Epistemology
- Values in science
- Philosophy of religion
- World philosophy and ethnography
- 2. Concepts and theories
- Concepts
- Misunderstandings about concepts
- Obscurantism
- Theories
- Levels of theories
- Hermeneutics as application of theories
- 3. Lauri Honko's theoretical contribution
- Pragmatism
- Tradition ecology as a research programme
- Tradition ecology and memetics
- Genre analysis and folklore process
- Example of folklore process 1: para-religious phenomena
- Example of folklore process 2: religion and media
- General theory and cultural details
- 4. The concept of body
- Religious bodies
- Other bodily activities
- Embodied religion, emotions and fieldwork
- Inferential schemas related to the concept of body
- Body as a source model
- 5. Religion, education and the normative rationality of science education
- Applied research in cultural studies
- Religion education and confessional elements
- The case of Finland: from confessional to multiconfessional education
- Philosophical commitments of religions
- Morals
- NOMA
- Future prospects for science-based religion education
- 6. Relativism and conceptual egocentrism in religious studies
- Cultural diversity and cultural relativism
- Relativism as methodology
- Comparing beliefs
- Conceptual egocentrism in religious studies
- Post-secular practices
- Concluding remarks.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 077342606X
- 9780773426061
- OCLC:
- 760975057
- Publisher Number:
- 99956676463
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