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Religion and Truth : Towards an Alternative Paradigm for the Study of Religion / Donald Wiebe.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and Reason : Theory in the Study of Religion ; 23Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]Copyright date: ©1981Edition: Reprint 2019Description: 1 online resource (295 p.)Content type:
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  • 9789027931498
  • 9783110823431
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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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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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