Religion as Social Reality

In this article I argue that the shift from a private to a public–social understanding of religion raises new ontological and epistemological questions for the scientific study of religion\s. These questions are deeply related to three central features of the emic–etic debate, namely the problems of...

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Main Author: Rota, Andrea 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 28, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 421-444
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Searle, John R. 1932-, The construction of social reality / Science of Religion / Emic analysis / Etic analysis
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Further subjects:B John Searle social ontology epistemology collective intentionality comparison subjectivity objectivity
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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