Saler Understanding Religion

Selected Essays
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-11-021866-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Gewicht: 10 g

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This volume consists of 12 essays published by the author between the years 1997-2007, a thirteenth paper read at a conference in 2006, and a long introduction prepared specifically for the collection. All of the essays deal with epistemological issues attendant on conceptualizing and defining religion, understanding what is likely to be involved in studying and discussing beliefs, and attempting to explain religion and religions by drawing on the contemporary cognitive and evolutionary sciences. The problem of how best to understand and represent the cultural sensitivities of others is addressed by considering the works of three predecessors, Edward Burnett Tylor, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, and A. Irving Hallowell.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saler, Benson

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Frontmatter;1
2;Contents;9
3;Introduction;13
4;The Ethnographer as Pontifex;41
5;E. B. Tylor and the Anthropology of Religion;61
6;Culture in Phylogenetic Perspective: An Appreciation of the Contributions of A. I. Hallowell;92
7;On What We May Believe About Beliefs;105
8;Finding Wayú Religion;126
9;On Credulity;142
10;Secondary Beliefs and the Alien Abduction Phenomenon;157
11;Family Resemblance and the Definition of Religion;169
12;Conceptualizing Religion: The Matter of Boundaries;182
13;Comparison: Some Suggestions for Improving the Inevitable;191
14;Biology and Religion: On Establishing a Problematic;198
15;Toward a Realistic and Relevant „Science of Religion“;206
16;Backmatter;234

Über Autor(innen)

Benson Saler, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.