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Title |
Title of document |
13. Explanation and the Study of Religion - Method Today |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Egil Asprem; University of California at Santa Barbara; United States |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Ann Taves; University of California at Santa Barbara; United States |
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Religious Studies |
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Keyword(s) |
NAASR; study of religion; theological hermeneutics; theory in religion; method in religion; religious studies scholarship |
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Subject classification |
Method and Theory in Religious Studies |
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Description |
Abstract |
This chapter argues that explanation is a necessary, but under-examined, aspect of theories of religion. The authors argue that historical impediments to explanation in our discipline can be overcome if we shift our view from “religion” in the abstract to concrete human behaviors in interaction. Drawing on contemporary discussions in the philosophy of science, they submit that a new mechanistic approach that integrates meanings, values, and intentional actions as causal factors in nested, multi-level mechanisms holds great promise for explaining the complex phenomena associated with “religion”. |
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Publisher |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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04-Sep-2018 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
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PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/34431 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.34431 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Method Today |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
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Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |