Explaining and Interpreting Religion: Essays on the Issue

by Robert A. Segal

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This collection of recent essays on the social scientific study of religion makes the fundamental claim that on the one hand social scientists cannot be facilely grouped into explainers rather than interpreters of religion and that on the other hand scholars of religious studies - religionists - cannot fend off the social scientific challenge by rejecting explanation for interpretation. Not only are the concepts of explanation and interpretation...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0820419141

ISBN13:9780820419145

Release Date:December 1992

Publisher:Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi

Length:155 Pages

Related Subjects

Christian Books & Bibles Education & Reference Humanities Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Social Science Social Sciences Theology

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