Flourishing Diversity: A Response to Markus Davidsen

The study of religion exceeds the boundaries of the comparative, or systematic, study of religion in a strict sense. Markus Davidsen considers this a problem. Scholars of religion should unite in order to prevent particularism and protect the discipline against postmodern tendencies. Therefore, a so...

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1. VerfasserIn: Groot, C. N. de 1966- (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Davidsen, Markus Altena (VerfasserIn des Bezugswerks)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam University Press [2020]
In: NTT
Jahr: 2020, Band: 74, Heft: 3, Seiten: 271-276
RelBib Classification:AA Religionswissenschaft
AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
FB Theologiestudium
KBD Beneluxländer
weitere Schlagwörter:B The Netherlands
B Sociology of Science
B Scientific Progress
B sociology of religion
B study of religion
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Zusammenfassung:The study of religion exceeds the boundaries of the comparative, or systematic, study of religion in a strict sense. Markus Davidsen considers this a problem. Scholars of religion should unite in order to prevent particularism and protect the discipline against postmodern tendencies. Therefore, a solid foundation is needed. This response argues that in the contemporary context religion itself is dispersed. This situation may bring about the neglect of religion, but it also promotes the study of religion by researchers from various disciplines. This is not the problem that needs to be solved. Scientific progress is achieved by coherent and competing paradigms for research and education. It is this and the popularization of scientific knowledge that deserve our attention.
ISSN:2590-3268
Bezug:Kritik von "Theo van Baaren’s Systematic Science of Religion Revisited (2020)"
Kritik in "Fundamental Problems and Methods in the Study of Religion (2020)"
Enthält:Enthalten in: NTT
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5117/NTT2020.3.007.DEGR