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19 wrz 2018 · The key to this book is Smith’s definition of what religion is, which he believes needs to be distinguished from why people are religious.
1 sty 1998 · It provides a definition of 'the sociology of the law on religion'. This can be understood as a discipline which studies the interaction between law, religion and society. The paper...
This book examines a selection of major types of theory explaining religion: religious, philosophical, sociological, socio-economic and psychological. It treats of the presuppositions behind such theories and the grounds of their necessity and validity.
21 lip 2021 · The aim of this entry is to orient readers to an ongoing debate about the definition of the concept “religion” that cuts across disciplinary lines, among them: anthropology, history, philosophy, psychology, religious studies, sociology, and most recently, cognitive science.
24 sty 2024 · Shaul Magid, for example, suggests that religion is “largely an imperialistic project, particular to the Modern West” (111), and his response builds on Kocku von Stuckrad’s thoughtful reply by identifying colonialism, monotheism, and spirituality as points that define “religion as a term [that is] an appendage of (Christian) European ...
24 wrz 2018 · What is Religion? consists of fourteen essays written by a selection of scholars who represent a wide spectrum of approaches to the acedamic study of religion.
In his new book, Religion: WhatIt Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters, Christian Smith seeks to overhaul, if not overturn, nearly every facet of standard sociological treat-ments of religion, including Durkheim’s. The book’s subtitle telegraphs its ambitions. To wit: The definition of religion should cen-
