Anthropology and Comparative Religion

“Originally, comparative religion was freely used to buttress theologians in their nineteenth century debate against encroachments of science and Enlightenment on their authority. … One of our methodological questions is whether motif-research as [Anders] Nygren conceived it, that is, as a method fo...

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Authors: Douglas, Mary (Author) ; Perry, Edmund (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 1985
In: Theology today
Year: 1985, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 410-427
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Summary:“Originally, comparative religion was freely used to buttress theologians in their nineteenth century debate against encroachments of science and Enlightenment on their authority. … One of our methodological questions is whether motif-research as [Anders] Nygren conceived it, that is, as a method for theological inquiry, could ever be used for comparative religion.”
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/004057368504100406