Religious studies

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This textbook offers a brief overview of the basic approaches to the scientific scrutiny of religion. It emphasizes not only knowledge of religions, but also how to find ways to get closer to impartiality in relation to religious topics and people.

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Full title :Religious studies / Adrián Slavkovský.

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Publication Date:©2016

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Publisher(s):Peter Lang Edition
Place of Publication:Frankfurt am Main
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9783653066517, 3653066514
oclc:ocn949668888
LC Classification:BL48
Dewey Decimal:200.71

Cover; Contents; Introduction ; 1. What is Religious Studies and Religion ; 1.1 What Do Religious Studies Deal With? What Is Religion?; 1.2 Why Study Religion?; 1.3 Who and How Do We Observe Religion?; 2. Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion ; 2.1 Theological Approach ; 2.2 Philosophical Approach ; 2.3 Religious Approaches

3. The Inside Perspective versus the Outside Perspective 3.1 Information versus Experience ; 3.2 Participant and Observer ; 3.3 The Experiences of Others and Claims to Veracity ; 4. Theories about the Origin and Development of Religions ; 4.1 Motifs of Interest in the Origin of Religion

4.2. Older Evolutional Theories 4.3 The Latest Approaches ; 5. Comparative Religious Studies ; 5.1 The Role of Comparison ; 5.2 Aspects, Levels, and Types of Comparison ; 6. Sociology of Religion ; 6.1 Formation of the Sociology of Religion

6.2 Peter Ludwig Berger -- Dialectical Understanding of the Relation between Man and Society6.3 Contemporary Trends ; 7. Psychology of Religion ; 7.1 The Beginnings of the Psychology of Religion; William James; 7.2 Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung ; 7.3 Examples of Psychological Approaches ; 8. The Cognitive Approach to Reli…