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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Main Author: Decosimo, Joseph David 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Religion compass
Year: 2018, Volume: 12, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 1-18
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Comparison of religions / Method / Science of Religion
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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