
Religious Studies
A Textbook
Adrián Slavkovský(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 26. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
116 pages
978-3-631-67465-9 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook offers a brief overview of the basic approaches to the scientific scrutiny of religion. To remain uninterested in examining religion is more difficult than examining any other object of research. In relation to issues of religion, we cannot stand as impartial observers, because we are always somehow involved. Therefore, this book emphasizes not only knowledge of religions, but also how to find ways to get closer to impartiality. It offers an overview of topics, questions, and context, rather than a coherent theory.
More details
Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Weight
120 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-631-67465-9 (9783631674659)
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-06651-7
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Adrián Slavkovský is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Trnava University, Slovakia.
Content
Contents: What is Religion - The Insider and Outsider Perspective - Theories about the Origin and Development of Religions - Comparative, Sociological, Psychological, Hermeneutic, Phenomenological, and Cognitive Approaches to Religion - New Religiosity.