Reverse-engineering 'esotericism': how to prepare a complex cultural concept for the cognitive science of religion
The article introduces a framework for preparing complex cultural concepts for the cognitive science of religion (CSR) and applies it to the field of Western esotericism. The research process (‘reverse engineering') rests on a building block approach that, after problematic categories have been...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2016]
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Religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 158-185 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Esotericism
/ Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
/ Research process
/ Reverse engineering
/ Method bank
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AE Psychology of religion AZ New religious movements |
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