Religion and Truth: Towards an Alternative Paradigm for the Study of Religion

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Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline. 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