Humanist Limits in the Material Phenomenology of Religion

This article tracks a shared methodological tension within the work of a few classic phenomenologists, based on an epistemological juxtaposition at the heart of their enquiry. This epistemological tension emerges as secular and non-secular concepts are worked with concurrently. A modified form of th...

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Main Author: Meyer, Gaelin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: ASRSA [2019]
In: Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-23
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Chidester, David 1952- / Phenomenology of religion / Materialism
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
Further subjects:B Phenomenology
B Epistemology
B reducibility
B Religion
B Science
B Humanism
B Systems
B contact zones
B Materialism
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Summary:This article tracks a shared methodological tension within the work of a few classic phenomenologists, based on an epistemological juxtaposition at the heart of their enquiry. This epistemological tension emerges as secular and non-secular concepts are worked with concurrently. A modified form of this tension is present in the materialist phenomenology of religion that David Chidester presents, which links his phenomenology to the earlier classical forms. However, although a methodological tension is maintained in his work, the epistemological juxtaposition that initiated the tension is collapsed along humanist boundaries, with important consequences for the study of religion.
ISSN:2413-3027
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2019/v32n2a3