The Hybridity of Scientific Knowledge: A Response to Leonardo Ambasciano

This article responds to Leonardo Ambasciano's review of The Scientification of Religion: An Historical Study of Discursive Change, 1800-2000 by Kocku von Stuckrad. It criticizes a narrative that presents naturalism and science as the ultimate system of knowledge. Contesting this rhetoric, the...

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Subtitles:Review and response: Kocku von Stuckrad's study on the scientification of religion
Main Author: Stuckrad, Kocku von 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Zygon
Year: 2016, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 1067-1071
Further subjects:B Religion and science
B discourse research
B Naturalism
B Knowledge
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Summary:This article responds to Leonardo Ambasciano's review of The Scientification of Religion: An Historical Study of Discursive Change, 1800-2000 by Kocku von Stuckrad. It criticizes a narrative that presents naturalism and science as the ultimate system of knowledge. Contesting this rhetoric, the article underscores the plurality and hybridity of knowledge systems, which is the main topic of the book under review.
ISSN:1467-9744
Reference:Kritik von "(Pseudo)Science, Religious Beliefs, and Historiography (2016)"
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12305