Beyond Eclecticism: The Case for a Moderate Form of Cultural Relativism

The contention that all religious expressions are culturally specific phenomena that should be accepted as nonpathological is rejected in terms of a cultural-semiotic model of limited relativism that is able to recognize pathological behavior across cultures. Such an approach is able to critique a g...

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Published in:The international journal for the psychology of religion
Main Author: Bendle, Mervyn F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 1998
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1998, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-26
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:The contention that all religious expressions are culturally specific phenomena that should be accepted as nonpathological is rejected in terms of a cultural-semiotic model of limited relativism that is able to recognize pathological behavior across cultures. Such an approach is able to critique a given culture's way of being at the same time that it accepts the embeddedness of all religious traditions in a deep- seated tradition.
ISSN:1532-7582
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0801_3