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Rationality and the study of religion / edited by Jeppe Sinding Jensen & Luther H. Martin. - 1 online resource (viii, 221 pages)

Originally published: Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, 1997, in series: Acta Jutlandiapproximately

Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-202) and indexes.

Rationality and the study of religion : introduction -- Anti anti-rationalism : anthropology and the rationality of human acts -- Lévy-Bruhl, participation, and rationality -- East Asian rationality in the exploration of religion -- Religious models and problem solving : a cognitive perspective on the roles of rationality in comparative religion -- Rationality, social science and religion -- Social facts, metaphysics and rationality in the human sciences -- Rationality and evidence : the study of religion as a taxonomy of human natural history -- Rationalism and relativity in history of religions research -- Rationality in studying historical religions -- Dissolving rationality : the anti-science phenomenon and its implications for the study of religion.

ISBN: 9781136480249 (electronic bk.) 1136480242 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religion--Methodology--Congresses.
Godsdienstwetenschap.
Rationaliteit.
Religionswissenschaft.
Religion--Methodology.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
RELIGION / Essays
RELIGION / Reference

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Aufsatzsammlung.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL41 / .R32 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 200/.7/2