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Beyond Phenomenology: Rethinking The Study Of Religion

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This book argues that the understanding and explanation of religion are always historically contingent. Grounded in the work of Bakhtin and Ricoeur, Flood positions the academic study of religion within contemporary debates in the social sciences and humanities concerning modernity and postmodernity, particularly contested issues regarding truth and knowledge. It challenges the view that religions are privileged, epistemic objects, argues for the importance of metatheory, and presents an argument for the dialogical nature of the inquiry. The study of religion should begin with language and culture, and this shift in emphasis to the philosophy of the sign in hermeneutics and away from the philosophy of consciousness in phenomenology has far-reaching implications. It means a new ethic of practice which is sensitive to the power relationship in any epistemology; it opens the door to feminist and postcolonial critique, and it provides a methodology which allows for the interface between religious studies, theology, and the social sciences.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

200.71 FLO b

Penerbit

London & New York : Cassell., 1999

Deskripsi Fisik

v + 311 pgs.; 23,5 cm.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-304-70131-9

Klasifikasi

200.71

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

First Published

Subjek

Religion - Study and Teaching

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Gavin Flood

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