Humanist Limits in the Material Phenomenology of Religion
This article tracks a shared methodological tension within the work of a few classic phenomenologists, based on an epistemological juxtaposition at the heart of their enquiry. This epistemological tension emerges as secular and non-secular concepts are worked with concurrently. A modified form of th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-23 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Chidester, David 1952-
/ Phenomenology of religion
/ Materialism
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
| Further subjects: | B
Phenomenology
B Epistemology B reducibility B Religion B Science B Humanism B Systems B contact zones B Materialism |
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| Summary: | This article tracks a shared methodological tension within the work of a few classic phenomenologists, based on an epistemological juxtaposition at the heart of their enquiry. This epistemological tension emerges as secular and non-secular concepts are worked with concurrently. A modified form of this tension is present in the materialist phenomenology of religion that David Chidester presents, which links his phenomenology to the earlier classical forms. However, although a methodological tension is maintained in his work, the epistemological juxtaposition that initiated the tension is collapsed along humanist boundaries, with important consequences for the study of religion. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2019/v32n2a3 |