Dilemmas with Disciplinary Hierarchies and Ideals of Scientific Research in the Study of Religion

While strictly conceptual matters have dominated much of the discussion concerning religion as an object of scientific research, different understandings of the scientific character of the study of religion have also always had a significant role in the scholarly self-understanding. Here two signifi...

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Auteur principal: Peedu, Indrek (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Equinox 2023
Dans: Implicit religion
Année: 2021, Volume: 24, Numéro: 3/4, Pages: 305-330
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Religion / Recherche / Scientificité / Science cognitive / Évolution / Histoire comparée / Science des religions / Histoire 1970-2021
RelBib Classification:AA Sciences des religions
TK Époque contemporaine
Sujets non-standardisés:B Comparative Religion
B Interdisciplinarity
B scientific study of religion
B scientificity
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Résumé:While strictly conceptual matters have dominated much of the discussion concerning religion as an object of scientific research, different understandings of the scientific character of the study of religion have also always had a significant role in the scholarly self-understanding. Here two significant conceptualizations of this scientific character—that of the so-called new scientificity (as advocated mostly by scholars from the cognitive science of religion) as well as that of the comparative history of religion—are described in detail and then thoroughly analyzed and criticized. It will be shown how both conceptualizations face problems, but those of the new scientificity are significantly more serious. Lastly, some more general reflections will be offered concerning the significance of these matters for the study of religion overall.
ISSN:1743-1697
Contient:Enthalten in: Implicit religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/imre.23314