The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion

Authors

  • Robert A. Segal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11157/rsrr5-2-676

Keywords:

Encyclopedias, Reference Works

Abstract

This article presents the approach to religion taken by the Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion, edited by Robert Segal. The approach taken is largely, though not wholly, that of the social sciences: anthropology, economics, psychology, and sociology. The social scientific approach to religion is pitted against the approach taken by the field of religious studies itself—an approach called “religionist.” The claims by the religionist approach against the social sciences are identified and refuted.

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Published

2015-12-01

How to Cite

Segal, R. A. (2015). The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion. Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception, 5(2), 181–90. https://doi.org/10.11157/rsrr5-2-676

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2015): Special Issue: Editing Encyclopaedias and Handbooks in Religious Studies in the Twenty-First Century

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