Religion and the discourse on modernity / Paul-François Tremlett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tremlett, Paul-François, author.

Series:

Continuum advances in religious studies.

Continuum advances in religious studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical theory.

Phenomenology.

Reductionism.

Religion--Methodology.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The point of departure for this book is the debate about whether religious studies should privilege explanation or understanding. Engaging with contemporary scholarship in the field, Tremlett argues that the study of religions has always involved the conflation of facts and values and indeed has been structured in advance by the value-saturated discourse on disenchanted modernity. He argues that phenomenological and post-modern approaches to religions lack both theoretical and methodological coherence, and in their stead proposes a Marxist approach to religions that is at once empirical and informed by values pertaining to social justice, freedom and autonomy."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Re-thinking reductionism

Post-modernism and the study of religions

Critical theory.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-143) and index.

ISBN:

9786612875137

9781472549235

1472549236

9781282875135

1282875132

9781441157980

1441157980

OCLC:

676698567