Misconceptions of the Social Sciences

Abstract. Scholars in religious studies, or “religionists,” often mischaracterize the social-scientific study of religion. They assume that a social-scientific analysis of the origin, function, meaning, or truth of religion either opposes or disregards the believer's analysis, which religionist...

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Main Author: Segal, Robert A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1990
In: Zygon
Year: 1990, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 263-278
Further subjects:B Origin
B social-scientific
B Function
B Eliade
B Berger
B Freud
B irreducibly religious
B believer's point of view
B Meaning
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