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Religion and the Discourse on Modernity

Paul-francios Tremiett

Hardback 2009-01-08

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The point of departure for this book is the debate about whether religious studies should privilege explanation or understanding.Engaging with contemporary scholarship in the field, Tremlett argues that the study of religions has always involved the conflation of facts and values and indeed has been structured in advance by the value-saturated discourse on disenchanted modernity. He argues that phenomenological and post-modern approaches to religions lack both theoretical and methodological coherence, and in their stead proposes a Marxist approach to religions that is at once empirical and informed by values pertaining to social justice, freedom and autonomy.

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Publisher Description

The point of departure for this book is the debate about whether religious studies should privilege explanation or understanding.Engaging with contemporary scholarship in the field, Tremlett argues that the study of religions has always involved the conflation of facts and values and indeed has been structured in advance by the value-saturated discourse on disenchanted modernity. He argues that phenomenological and post-modern approaches to religions lack both theoretical and methodological coherence, and in their stead proposes a Marxist approach to religions that is at once empirical and informed by values pertaining to social justice, freedom and autonomy.

Koorong Code276966
ISBN082649823X
EAN9780826498236
Pages192
DepartmentAcademic
CategoryWorld Religions
PublisherBloomsbury Continuum Publishing Group
Publication DateJan 2009
Dimensions20 x 155 x 234mm
Weight0.410kg