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Donald Wiebe, Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Trinity College, University of Toronto, has spent much of his academic career arguing for a clear demarcation between Theology and Religious Studies. The Science of Religion: A Defence offers a brilliant overview of Professor Wiebe's contributions on methodology in the academic study of religion, of the development of his thinking over time, and of his intellectual commitment to 'a science of religion'. The work is divided into three parts. The first part identifies pertinent connections between 'religion', 'religious studies', and 'science' and why 'reductionism' in the academic study of religion, when properly applied, can bridge the explanatory gap between the sceptic and the devotee. The second part treats conceptual debates in the academic study of religion, with particular reference to the place of 'belief', 'understanding', and 'meaning' in the modern study of religion. The third part addresses the theological resistance to the scientific study of religion and how that resistance can be overcome. Finally, two new essays are included: a critique on ‘The Preconceptions of a Science of Religion’ by Anthony J. Palma, and an accompanying reply by Donald Wiebe. The Science of Religion: A Defence is an essential resource for both scholarly and non-scholarly audiences alike, and will be of particular interest to both defenders and critics of a scientific study of religion.

Religion --- Methodology --- Methodology. --- 291 --- 291 Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend --- 291 Science et histoire comparée des religions --- Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend --- Science et histoire comparée des religions --- Religion - Methodology.

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Religious Experience Revisited explores a dilemma which has haunted the study of religion since William James. Is religion rooted in experiences? Is religion rooted in expressions? How are experiences and expressions related? The contributors to this international and interdisciplinary compilation explore the possibilities and the impossibilities of a hermeneutics of religion. Combining theology and philosophy with biblical, cultural, historical and literary studies, they examine how religious experiences and religious expressions have been entangled in the past and in the present. These entanglements call for interdisciplinary conversations in which those who study experiences and those who study expressions can learn from each other in order to carve out important and instructive spaces for the study of religion.

Experience (Religion) --- Religion --- Religious experience --- Psychology, Religious --- Methodology. --- Religion / Methodology. --- Experience (Religion). --- 21*02 --- 21*02 Filosofie en religieuze ervaring. Religious experience --- Filosofie en religieuze ervaring. Religious experience --- Religious studies --- Methodology

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Comparative religion --- Religion --- Religions. --- Religions --- Methodology. --- Study and teaching. --- Méthodologie --- Etude et enseignement --- -Religion --- -Religions --- 291 --- Denominations, Religious --- Religion, Comparative --- Religions, Comparative --- Religious denominations --- World religions --- Civilization --- Gods --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- God --- Irreligion --- Theology --- Methodology --- Study and teaching --- Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend --- Méthodologie --- Religion - Methodology --- Religion - Study and teaching

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This is the first comprehensive survey in English of research methods in the field of religious studies. It is designed to enable non-specialists and students at upper undergraduate and graduate levels to understand the variety of research methods used in the field. The aim is to create awareness of the relevant methods currently available and to stimulate an active interest in exploring unfamiliar methods, encouraging their use in research and enabling students and scholars to evaluate academic work with reference to methodological issues. A distinguished team of contributors cover a broad

Religion --- Methodology. --- -291 --- 2:001 --- 291 --- 2:001 Theologie als wetenschap. Studie en methode van de theologie --- Theologie als wetenschap. Studie en methode van de theologie --- Methodology --- Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend --- Méthodologie --- Research. --- Religion - Methodology. --- methodology --- research methods in the study of religion --- epistemology --- feminist methodologies --- research design --- research ethics --- content analysis --- conversation analysis --- discourse analysis --- document analysis --- experiments --- facet theory models --- field research --- participant observation --- free-listing --- grounded theory --- hermeneutics --- history --- network analysis --- phenomenology --- philology --- semiotics --- structuralism --- structured observation --- surveys --- questionnaires --- translation --- videography --- auditory materials --- the internet --- material culture --- spatial methods --- visual culture --- interviewing --- factor analysis