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Wiebe, Donald

Religion and Truth : Towards an Alternative Paradigm for the Study of Religion / Donald Wiebe. - Reprint 2019 - 1 online resource (295 p.) - Religion and Reason : Theory in the Study of Religion , 23 0080-0848 ; .

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: Truth as a Methodological Problem in the Study of Religion -- Part One: Religion and the Study of Religion: Some Preliminary Considerations -- 1. The Nature of Religion: The Problem of Definition -- 2. The Nature of the Study of Religion: Is a Science of Religion Possible? -- 3. The Nature of the Study of Religion: The Role of Explanation -- Part Two: Truth and the Study of Religion: Negative Considerations -- 4. The Truth Question as Inapplicable to Religion -- 5. The Truth Question as Irrelevant to the Study of Religion -- 6. The Truth Question as Impractical for the Student of Religion -- Part Three: Truth and the Study of Religion: A Critical Examination of the Arguments -- 7. Cognitivism and Noncognitivism in the Study of Religion -- 8. The Theoretical Character of the Critical Study of Religion -- 9. Problems and Boundaries in the Study of Religion -- Part Four: The Category of Truth in the Critical Study of Religion -- 10. Truth and 'Religious Truth' -- 11. 'Religious Truth': A Critical Inventory of Alternative Proposals -- 12. The Critical Alternative in the Study of Religion -- Notes -- References and Bibliography -- Index of Names

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9789027931498 9783110823431

Standard No.: 10.1515/9783110823431 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religionswissenschaft.
Wahrheit.
RELIGION / General.

Dewey Class. No.: 200