Conceptualizing Religion : : Immanent Anthropologists, Transcendent Natives, and Unbounded Categories / / Benson Saler.
How might we transform a folk category — in this case, religion — into an analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In addressing that question, this book critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion for scholarly purposes, particularly with respe...
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| Superior document: | Numen Book Series ; Volume 56 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : E.J. Brill,, [1993] ©1993 |
| Year of Publication: | 1993 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the history of religions ;
Volume 56. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Benson Saler
- Introduction / Benson Saler
- Abjuring a Definition and Other Matters / Benson Saler
- Holding a Definition in Abeyance and A Case for a Definition / Benson Saler
- Monothetic Definitions / Benson Saler
- More on Monothetic Definitions / Benson Saler
- Multi-factorial Approaches: Family Resemblance and Polythesis / Benson Saler
- A Prototype Approach / Benson Saler
- Ethnocentrism and Distanciation / Benson Saler
- References Cited / Benson Saler
- Index / Benson Saler
- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Bookseries / Benson Saler.