Some Second Thoughts on Substantive versus Functional Definitions of Religion
Scientific approaches to religion have always alternated between functional and substantive definitions of the field--that is, between defining religion in terms of its social or psychological functions and in terms of its believed contents. Recently there has been a predominance of functional defin...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1974]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1974, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 125-133 |
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Religious experience philosophy
B Atheism B Secularization B Religious rituals B psychology of religion B Religious transcendence B Existence B Phenomena |
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