For big comparison: Why the arguments against comparing entire religious traditions fail
The nearly unanimous scholarly consensus is that one should not compare entire religious traditions. Big comparison, we're told, is vague, unilluminating, and misleading. And this is because religions are just too big and internally diverse to helpfully compare. Worse, big comparison implicat...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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Religion compass
Year: 2018, Volume: 12, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 1-18 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Comparison of religions
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/ Science of Religion
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IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
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