The study of religion exceeds the boundaries of the comparative, or systematic, study of religion in a strict sense. Markus Davidsen considers this a problem. Scholars of religion should unite in order to prevent particularism and protect the discipline against postmodern tendencies. Therefore, a solid foundation is needed. This response argues that in the contemporary context religion itself is dispersed. This situation may bring about the neglect of religion, but it also promotes the study of religion by researchers from various disciplines. This is not the problem that needs to be solved. Scientific progress is achieved by coherent and competing paradigms for research and education. It is this and the popularization of scientific knowled...
The premise for this study is the question how we should relate to people with different religious b...
Religion is one of the most challenging subjects of study. Long expected to vanish with modernizatio...
The subject matter of this special issue is anything but new: religious diversity has already been w...
The subject matter of this special issue is anything but new: religious diversity has already been w...
Since the articles by Fenggang Yang and Barbara Theriault are so rich, the author's response is mere...
Contains fulltext : 77570.pdf ( ) (Open Access)The ongoing fragmentation of religi...
This paper aims at reopening the debate regarding ‘religious diversity’ in religious studies. A revi...
This paper aims at reopening the debate regarding ‘religious diversity’ in religious studies. A revi...
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appe...
The response to Markus Altena Davidsen’s article ‘Theo van Baaren’s Systematic Science of Religion R...
The emergence of a science of religion and religions in which the sacred became a topic of disintere...
Lionel Obadia PhD, Professor in Anthropology at the University of Lyon 2, France, specializing in r...
In a response to Markus Davidsen’s article ‘Theo van Baaren’s Systematic Science of Religion Revisit...
This paper aims at reopening the debate regarding ‘religious diversity’ in religious studies. A revi...
Social science analysis of diversity, and religious diversity in particular, has long struggled to ...
The premise for this study is the question how we should relate to people with different religious b...
Religion is one of the most challenging subjects of study. Long expected to vanish with modernizatio...
The subject matter of this special issue is anything but new: religious diversity has already been w...
The subject matter of this special issue is anything but new: religious diversity has already been w...
Since the articles by Fenggang Yang and Barbara Theriault are so rich, the author's response is mere...
Contains fulltext : 77570.pdf ( ) (Open Access)The ongoing fragmentation of religi...
This paper aims at reopening the debate regarding ‘religious diversity’ in religious studies. A revi...
This paper aims at reopening the debate regarding ‘religious diversity’ in religious studies. A revi...
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appe...
The response to Markus Altena Davidsen’s article ‘Theo van Baaren’s Systematic Science of Religion R...
The emergence of a science of religion and religions in which the sacred became a topic of disintere...
Lionel Obadia PhD, Professor in Anthropology at the University of Lyon 2, France, specializing in r...
In a response to Markus Davidsen’s article ‘Theo van Baaren’s Systematic Science of Religion Revisit...
This paper aims at reopening the debate regarding ‘religious diversity’ in religious studies. A revi...
Social science analysis of diversity, and religious diversity in particular, has long struggled to ...
The premise for this study is the question how we should relate to people with different religious b...
Religion is one of the most challenging subjects of study. Long expected to vanish with modernizatio...
The subject matter of this special issue is anything but new: religious diversity has already been w...