Beyond Eclecticism: The Case for a Moderate Form of Cultural Relativism
The contention that all religious expressions are culturally specific phenomena that should be accepted as nonpathological is rejected in terms of a cultural-semiotic model of limited relativism that is able to recognize pathological behavior across cultures. Such an approach is able to critique a g...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1998
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1998, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-26 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | The contention that all religious expressions are culturally specific phenomena that should be accepted as nonpathological is rejected in terms of a cultural-semiotic model of limited relativism that is able to recognize pathological behavior across cultures. Such an approach is able to critique a given culture's way of being at the same time that it accepts the embeddedness of all religious traditions in a deep- seated tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0801_3 |
