Religious studies as a scientific discipline: the persistence of a delusion
The historical record shows that no undergraduate departments of Religious Studies have fully implemented a scientific program of study and research since such an approach was first advocated in the late nineteenth century - much less has there been any broad establishment of such a disciplinary fie...
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| Language: | English |
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[2012]
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Religio
Year: 2012, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: [9]-18 |
| Further subjects: | B
Cognitive Science
B Methodology B Religious Studies B scientific study of religion B history of religions |
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| Summary: | The historical record shows that no undergraduate departments of Religious Studies have fully implemented a scientific program of study and research since such an approach was first advocated in the late nineteenth century - much less has there been any broad establishment of such a disciplinary field of study. And we argue - on cognitive- and neuro-scientific grounds - that such study is not ever likely to occur in that or any other setting. In our judgment, therefore, to entertain a hope that such a development is, pragmatically speaking, possible, is to be in the grip of a false and unshakeable delusion. And we "confess" that we ourselves have been so deluded. |
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| ISSN: | 2336-4475 |
| Reference: | Kommentar in "Straw men and scientific nostalgia (2012)"
Kommentar in "Rethinking the relationship between the study of religions, theology and religious concerns (2012)" Kommentar in "A scientific discipline (2012)" Kommentar in "The study of religion as a scientific discipline (2012)" Kommentar in "Is an unbiased science of religion impossible? (2012)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 11222.digilib/125392 |