Religion in the Making : The Emergence of the Sciences of Religion /
This volume explores the ways in which religion became the object of scientific research in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most obvious is the development of an increasingly autonomous science of religion (with founding fathers like Max Müller and C.P. Tiele). However, within anthropo...
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Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
1998.
Series:
Numen Book Series
80.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.
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Call Number: BL51 .R3484 1998
| Summary: | This volume explores the ways in which religion became the object of scientific research in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most obvious is the development of an increasingly autonomous science of religion (with founding fathers like Max Müller and C.P. Tiele). However, within anthropology (Tylor, Frazer), sociology (Durkheim, Max Weber), and psychology (William James), religion also came to be seen as a separate entity to be studied comparatively. To capture this wide field this book focuses on the emergence of the discourse on religion in a broad academic context, among different disciplines. The emphasis is on general socio-historical developments, rather than on individual biographies. Part I deals with the institutionalization of science of religion in France, Britain, and the Netherlands. Part II focuses on boundary disputes between the emerging \'sciences of religion\'. Part III examines new conceptualizations of religion underlying the new endeavour (\'ritual\', \'magic\', \'survival\'). |
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| Item Description: | Papers from a conference held May 22-24, 1997 at the University of Amsterdam. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004379039 |
| ISSN: | 0169-8834 ; |