The Limits of Symbolic Realism: Problems of Empathic Field Observation in a Sectarian Context

Robert Bellah's "symbolic realism" is an epistemological orientation which asserts the existential "reality" of religious symbols without necessarily accepting their factual reality. It thus implies a common distinction between empathy, as the intuitive comprehension of subj...

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Authors: Robbins, Thomas 1943-2015 (Author) ; Anthony, Dick 1939- (Author) ; Curtis, Thomas E. 1927-2014 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [1973]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1973, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 259-271
Further subjects:B Participant Observation
B Reality
B Symbolism
B Christian symbolism
B Sympathy
B Sectarianism
B Christianity
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