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The Scientification of Religion
A Historical Study of Discursive Change, 1800¿2000
Taschenbuch von Kocku Stuckrad
Sprache: Englisch

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The enigmatic relation between religion and science still presents a challenge to European societies and to ideas about what it means to be 'modern.' This book argues that European secularism, rather than pushing back religious truth claims, in fact has been religiously productive itself. The institutional establishment of new disciplines in the nineteenth century, such as religious studies, anthropology, psychology, classical studies, and the study of various religious traditions, led to a professionalization of knowledge about religion that in turn attributed new meanings to religion. This attribution of meaning resulted in the emergence of new religious identities and practices. In a dynamic that is closely linked to this discursive change, the natural sciences adopted religious and metaphysical claims and integrated them in their framework of meaning, resulting in a special form of scientific religiosity that has gained much influence in the twentieth century. Applying methods that come from historical discourse analysis, the book demonstrates that religious semantics have been reconfigured in the secular sciences. Ultimately, the scientification of religion perpetuated religious truth claims under conditions of secularism.
The enigmatic relation between religion and science still presents a challenge to European societies and to ideas about what it means to be 'modern.' This book argues that European secularism, rather than pushing back religious truth claims, in fact has been religiously productive itself. The institutional establishment of new disciplines in the nineteenth century, such as religious studies, anthropology, psychology, classical studies, and the study of various religious traditions, led to a professionalization of knowledge about religion that in turn attributed new meanings to religion. This attribution of meaning resulted in the emergence of new religious identities and practices. In a dynamic that is closely linked to this discursive change, the natural sciences adopted religious and metaphysical claims and integrated them in their framework of meaning, resulting in a special form of scientific religiosity that has gained much influence in the twentieth century. Applying methods that come from historical discourse analysis, the book demonstrates that religious semantics have been reconfigured in the secular sciences. Ultimately, the scientification of religion perpetuated religious truth claims under conditions of secularism.
Über den Autor
Kocku von Stuckrad, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 240
Inhalt: XIII
225 S.
ISBN-13: 9781614516781
ISBN-10: 1614516782
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stuckrad, Kocku
Hersteller: De Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter Inc.
Maße: 230 x 155 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Kocku Stuckrad
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.10.2015
Gewicht: 0,363 kg
preigu-id: 104188533
Über den Autor
Kocku von Stuckrad, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 240
Inhalt: XIII
225 S.
ISBN-13: 9781614516781
ISBN-10: 1614516782
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stuckrad, Kocku
Hersteller: De Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter Inc.
Maße: 230 x 155 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Kocku Stuckrad
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.10.2015
Gewicht: 0,363 kg
preigu-id: 104188533
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