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| Named Person: | Mircea Eliade; Robert Alan Segal; Mircea Eliade; Robert Alan Segal |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas A Idinopulos; Edward A Yonan |
| ISBN: | 9004098704 9789004098701 |
| OCLC Number: | 28928543 |
| Description: | viii, 236 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Reductionism in the study of religion / Robert A. Segal -- Are religious theories susceptible to reduction? / Thomas Ryba -- Clarifying the strengths and limits of reductionism in the discipline of religion / Edward A. Yonan -- The instability of religious belief : some reductionistic and eliminative pressures / Terry F. Godlove, Jr. -- Must professors of religion be religious? : on Eliade's method of inquiry and Segal's defense of reductionism / Thomas A. Idinopulos -- Mircea Eliade and the battle against reductionism / Wayne Elzey -- Reduction without tears / Ivan Strenski -- Beyond the sceptic and the devotee : reductionism in the scientific study of religion / Donald Wiebe -- What is reductionism? / Arvind Sharma -- Human reflexivity and the nonreductive explanation of religious action / Lorne Dawson -- Religion, explanation, and the askesis of inquiry / Tony Edwards. Explaining, endorsing, and reducing religion / Daniel Pals -- Before 'the sacred' became theological : Durkheim and reductionism / William E. Paden -- Reductionism in the classroom / George Weckman -- Reductions of a working historian / Dan Merkur -- Discourse with angels : literature and religion / Edward Tomarken. |
| Series Title: | Studies in the history of religions, v. 62 |
| Responsibility: | edited by Thomas A. Idinopulos and Edward A. Yonan. |
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- Religion -- Study and teaching.
- Reductionism.
- Religion and the social sciences.
- Eliade, Mircea, -- 1907-1986.
- Segal, Robert Alan.
- Reductionisme.
- Sociale wetenschappen.
- Godsdienstwetenschap.
- Eliade, Mircea, -- 1907-1986.
- Segal, Robert Alan.
- Religion -- Étude et enseignement.
- Réductionnisme.
- Sciences sociales -- Aspect religieux.