The Scientification of Religion : : An Historical Study of Discursive Change, 1800–2000 / / Kocku von Stuckrad.

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 instit...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (225 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. Religion and Science in Discursive Perspective
  • Part One: Discarded Knowledge and Its New Legitimacy in Secular Discourse
  • 2. From Polemical Disjunction to New Integration: The Science of the Stars
  • 3. Alchemical Quests in Modern Garb
  • 4. Darwinism Turned into Religion: Monism
  • 5. Merging Occultism, Philosophy, Science, and the Academic Study of Religion: The Theosophical Society
  • Part Two: Academics as Religious Pioneers
  • 6. The Trouble with Europe: Academic Orientalism and New Mystical Religions
  • 7. In Search of the Great Goddess: How Academic Theories Generated Paganism and Witchcraft
  • 8. Normatizing Shamanism: Academic Teachers as Religious Experts
  • Conclusion: The Scientification of Religion
  • Bibliography
  • Index