Religion and Truth : : Towards an Alternative Paradigm for the Study of Religion / / Donald Wiebe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies <1990
• VerfasserIn: Wiebe, Donald,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: Reprint 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Reason : Theory in the Study of Religion , 23
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction: Truth as a Methodological Problem in the Study of Religion --; Part One: Religion and the Study of Religion: Some Preliminary Considerations --; 1. The Nature of Religion: The Problem of Definition --; 2. The Nature of the Study of Religion: Is a Science of Religion Possible? --; 3. The Nature of the Study of Religion: The Role of Explanation --; Part Two: Truth and the Study of Religion: Negative Considerations --; 4. The Truth Question as Inapplicable to Religion --; 5. The Truth Question as Irrelevant to the Study of Religion --; 6. The Truth Question as Impractical for the Student of Religion --; Part Three: Truth and the Study of Religion: A Critical Examination of the Arguments --; 7. Cognitivism and Noncognitivism in the Study of Religion --; 8. The Theoretical Character of the Critical Study of Religion --; 9. Problems and Boundaries in the Study of Religion --; Part Four: The Category of Truth in the Critical Study of Religion --; 10. Truth and 'Religious Truth' --; 11. 'Religious Truth': A Critical Inventory of Alternative Proposals --; 12. The Critical Alternative in the Study of Religion --; Notes --; References and Bibliography --; Index of Names
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110823431; 9783110638103
• ISSN: 0080-0848
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110823431
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Donald Wiebe.