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The Science of Religion and the Sociology of Knowledge: Some Methodological Questions
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Science of Religion and the Sociology of Knowledge: Some Methodological Questions
Contributors:
By (Author) Ninian Smart
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
Dewey:
215
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
174
Dimensions:
Width 127mm, Height 203mm
Weight:
28g
Description
Ambitiously undertaking to develop a strategy for making the study of religion "scientific," Ninian Smart tackles a set of interrelated issues that bear importantly on the status of religion as an academic discipline. He draws a clear distinction between studying religion and "doing theology," and considers how phenomenological method may be used i
