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Science of Religion. Studies in Methodology : Proceedings of the Study Conference of the International Association for the History of Religions, held in Turku, Finland, August 27-31, 1973 / ed. by Lauri Honko.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and Reason : Theory in the Study of Religion ; 13Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2011]Copyright date: ©1979Edition: Reprint 2011Description: 1 online resource (632 p.) : Num. figsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789027977823
  • 9783110814507
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291
LOC classification:
  • BL41 .S35 1979eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
I-IV -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Participants -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Oral and Written Documentation of Religious Tradition -- 1Α. Preliterate Stages and Formation of the Canon in Book Religions -- Problems of the Formation and Function of a Canon -- Methodology and the Egyptian Book of the Dead -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 1B. Taxonomy and Source Criticism of Oral Tradition -- Taxonomy and Source Criticism of Oral Tradition -- On the Difficulty of Transcribing Synchronic Perception into Diachronic Verbalization -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 1C. Literary Source Criticism -- Early Shinto: A Case Study -- The Position of Source Research in Religious Studies (Religionswissenschaft) -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- PART TWO: The Future of the Phenomenology of Religion -- 2A. Evaluation of Previous Methods -- Typology of Religion and the Phenomenological Method -- Symbol Theory and Copy Theory as Basic Epistemological and Conceptual Alternatives in Religious Studies -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 2B. Religio-ecological Approach -- Ecology of Religion: Its Scope and Methodology -- Ecology of Religion, Evolutionism and Comparative Religion -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 2C. Religio-anthropological Approach -- The History of Religions and the 'Religio-Anthropological Approach' -- Symbolism and Functionalism in the Anthropological Study of Religion -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- PART THREE: Religion as Expressive Culture -- 3A. Theories Concerning the Ritual Process -- Theories Concerning the Ritual Process: An Orientation -- Notes on a Theory of the Social Evolution of Ritual -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 3B. The Language of Religion -- The Language of Religion -- The Language of Religion, and the Study of Religions as Sign Systems -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 3C. Depth Structures of Religious Expression -- The Scandal of Religion -- Is There a Method of Symbol Research Which Offers Hermeneutic Access to Depth- Dimensions of Religious Experience? -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- 630-634
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I-IV -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Participants -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Oral and Written Documentation of Religious Tradition -- 1Α. Preliterate Stages and Formation of the Canon in Book Religions -- Problems of the Formation and Function of a Canon -- Methodology and the Egyptian Book of the Dead -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 1B. Taxonomy and Source Criticism of Oral Tradition -- Taxonomy and Source Criticism of Oral Tradition -- On the Difficulty of Transcribing Synchronic Perception into Diachronic Verbalization -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 1C. Literary Source Criticism -- Early Shinto: A Case Study -- The Position of Source Research in Religious Studies (Religionswissenschaft) -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- PART TWO: The Future of the Phenomenology of Religion -- 2A. Evaluation of Previous Methods -- Typology of Religion and the Phenomenological Method -- Symbol Theory and Copy Theory as Basic Epistemological and Conceptual Alternatives in Religious Studies -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 2B. Religio-ecological Approach -- Ecology of Religion: Its Scope and Methodology -- Ecology of Religion, Evolutionism and Comparative Religion -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 2C. Religio-anthropological Approach -- The History of Religions and the 'Religio-Anthropological Approach' -- Symbolism and Functionalism in the Anthropological Study of Religion -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- PART THREE: Religion as Expressive Culture -- 3A. Theories Concerning the Ritual Process -- Theories Concerning the Ritual Process: An Orientation -- Notes on a Theory of the Social Evolution of Ritual -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 3B. The Language of Religion -- The Language of Religion -- The Language of Religion, and the Study of Religions as Sign Systems -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- 3C. Depth Structures of Religious Expression -- The Scandal of Religion -- Is There a Method of Symbol Research Which Offers Hermeneutic Access to Depth- Dimensions of Religious Experience? -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Discussion -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- 630-634

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