The current Conflict of the Faculties and the future of the study of religion/s
The future of the study of religion/s cannot be aptly discussed without considering the future of all academic studies (the humanities, social and natural sciences). Based on my experience as a board member of the Science Council of Japan, I argue that there are two major urgent challenges that are...
| Publié dans: | Religion |
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| Autres titres: | Futures |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Routledge
[2020]
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| Dans: |
Religion
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Japan
/ Science des religions
/ Monde occidental
/ Science
/ Interprétation
/ Recherche empirique
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Sciences des religions KBM Asie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Academic Freedom
B Basic / pure and applied research B national policy for science B social relevance |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Résumé: | The future of the study of religion/s cannot be aptly discussed without considering the future of all academic studies (the humanities, social and natural sciences). Based on my experience as a board member of the Science Council of Japan, I argue that there are two major urgent challenges that are shared by, but not unique to, academic studies conducted in Japan: namely, how and to what degree to meet demands for social relevance; and what to do with the Euro-Western model of modern sciences. I will focus on the former, which stems from the relationships between scholarship and state governance. Scholars of religion/s may miss opportunities to contribute to interdisciplinary debates if they continue identifying applied studies primarily with theology or interfaith enterprises, while being satisfied with neo-empiricism. |
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| ISSN: | 1096-1151 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2019.1681095 |