Is There a Better Way to Study Religion?: The View of William E. Paden
This review praises William Paden’s focus on some of the key issues in the study of religion. It questions Paden’s position on three topics: (a) the relationship between evolutionary psychology and functionalism; (b) the compatibility of Durkheim with Eliade; and (c) the ‘newness’ of Paden’s new com...
| Published in: | Method & theory in the study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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| In: |
Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Paden, William E. 1939-
/ Comparative religion
/ Evolutionary biology
/ Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Cognitive Psychology
comparative method
Emile Durkheim
Mircea Eliade
functionalism and essence
sacred and profane
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| Summary: | This review praises William Paden’s focus on some of the key issues in the study of religion. It questions Paden’s position on three topics: (a) the relationship between evolutionary psychology and functionalism; (b) the compatibility of Durkheim with Eliade; and (c) the ‘newness’ of Paden’s new comparativism. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Contains: | In: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341415 |