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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gothóni, René, 1950-

Series:

Religion and reason ; 44.

Religion and reason ; v. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religions--Congresses.

Religions.

Phenomenology--Congresses.

Phenomenology.

Hermeneutics--Congresses.

Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Renommierte Religionswissenschaftler erläutern und diskutieren die drei wichtigsten Ansätze der vergleichenden Religionswissenschaft auf dem neuesten Stand der Forschung: den hermeneutischen, den kognitivistischen und den kritischen. Die Ansätze, Standpunkte und Methoden der Religionswissenschaft werden unter kritischer Abwägung des Für und Wider gründlich und offensiv diskutiert. Das ermöglicht ein grundlegendes Verständnis des aktuellen Dialogs und künftiger Herausforderungen.

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contents

Understanding Religion

Introduction / Gothóni, René

Major Contributions of Philosophical Phenomenology and Hermeneutics to the Study of Religion / Allen, Douglas

Phenonomenology of Religion: Between 'Given' and Constructed / Laitila, Teuvo

"Going, going, gone" - Or How I Fail to Gain Hermeneutic Understanding / Sjöblom, Tom

Phenomenology as a Preliminary Method / Utriainen, Terhi

Response / Allen, Douglas

Explaining Religion

Introduction / Pyysiäinen, Ilkka

Beyond Thick Descriptions and Interpretive Sciences: Explaining Religious Meaning / Wiebe, Donald

The Limits of Explaining in Religious Studies / Holm, Nils G.

Science/Religion Controversy - Are the Grounds of Naturalism Still Valid for Their Confrontation? / Anttonen, Veikko

Understanding the Other / Gothóni, René

Response / Wiebe, Donald

Critical Approaches in the Comparative Study of Religion

Introduction / Sakaranaho, Tuula

Methodology - Tool or Trap? Comments from a Feminist Perspective / Gross, Rita M.

Research and Sexual Difference / Heinämäki, Elisa

When is Methodology a Trap? / Ketola, Kimmo

Skyhooks and Toeholds in the Study of Religion / Taira, Teemu

Response / Gross, Rita Μ.

Summary

Religion and Relations. The Social Dimension of Methodological Argumentation / Vesala, Kari Mikko / Pesonen, Heikki

Index of Authors

Index of Subject

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110922608

3110922606

OCLC:

840442993