Preface

Chapters in this book

1. I-IV I
2. Preface V
3. Table of Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Task
6. 1. MODERN SCIENCE OF RELIGION 9
7. 2. THE SPECIFIC AND THE INTEGRAL INTERESTS OF MODERN SCIENCE OF RELIGION 16
8. EXCURSUS I. ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HISTORY OF RELIGION AND SYSTEMATIC SCIENCE OF RELIGION 22
9. 3. SPECIFIC AND INTEGRAL SCIENCE OF RELIGION 27
10. 2. The Premises
11. 1. RELIGIOUS REALITY AND THE REALITY OF RELIGION 33
12. 2. RELIGION IN QUESTION 40
13. 3. INTEGRAL AND INTEGRATING SCIENCE OF RELIGION 50
14. 4. THE WHOLE OF RELIGION 53
15. 3. The Methods
16. 1. INTEGRAL AND HERETICAL SCIENCE OF RELIGION 67
17. 2. RELIGIOUS REALITY AND THE METHOD OF SCIENCE OF RELIGION 68
18. 3. DESCRIPTION 69
19. 4. COMPREHENSION 76
20. EXCURSUS II. ON THE THEORY OF UNDERSTANDING IN SCIENCE OF RELIGION 80
21. 5. UNDERSTANDING 89
22. 6. INTEGRAL SCIENCE OF RELIGION AS DESCRIPTION, COMPREHENSION, AND UNDERSTANDING 97
23. 7. NON-IDENTICAL CORRESPONDENCE AND CATEGORY 100
24. 8. THE WAY TO THE WHOLE AS SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL 102
25. 4. The Verification
26. 1. EXECUTION, APPLICATION AND VERIFICATION 105
27. 2. AS AN EXAMPLE: YASNA 32:8 108
28. 3. RADICAL REALITY 121
29. 4. ATTEMPT AT REALIZATION 139
30. 5. UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGION AND SCIENCE OF RELIGION 150
31. EXCURSUS III. ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN RELIGION AND RELIGIOUSLESSNESS 154
32. 5. The Identity
33. 1. SELF-EVIDENT PARALLELS 157
34. 2. THEOLOGY AND SCIENCE OF RELIGION 158
35. EXCURSUS IV. ON ULRICH MANN'S SYNOPTIC METHOD 165
36. 3. CRITICISM OF RELIGION AND SCIENCE OF RELIGION 178
37. Notes 183
38. Bibliography 199
39. Index of Names 207
40. Index of Subjects 211