Toward a Volitional Definition of Religion
This article advocates for the production of stipulative definitions of religion, a type of nominal definition that articulates new ways of applying a word to a thing. I propose that scholars look to sites where phenomena historically have been labeled “religion” on lexical or real understandings of...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2020]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 88, Issue: 3, Pages: 664-692 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
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RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |