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...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 157-164 |
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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