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Science of Religion. Studies in Methodology

Proceedings of the Study Conference of the International Association for the History of Religions, held in Turku, Finland, August 27-31, 1973
  • Edited by: Lauri Honko
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1979
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Religion and Reason
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Volume 13 | Religion and Reason

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    I-IV

    I
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    Preface

    V
    LAURI HONKO
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    Contents

    VII
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    List of Participants

    XI
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    Introduction

    XV
    LAURI HONKO
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  • PART ONE: Oral and Written Documentation of Religious Tradition
  • 1Α. Preliterate Stages and Formation of the Canon in Book Religions
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    Problems of the Formation and Function of a Canon

    3
    HELMER RINGGREN
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    Methodology and the Egyptian Book of the Dead

    11
    M. HEERMA van VOSS
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    Commentary

    15
    Jan Bergman
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    Commentary

    21
    Carl-Martin Edsman
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    Discussion

    26
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  • 1B. Taxonomy and Source Criticism of Oral Tradition
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    Taxonomy and Source Criticism of Oral Tradition

    35
    JUHA PENTIKÄINEN
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    On the Difficulty of Transcribing Synchronic Perception into Diachronic Verbalization

    53
    ANNA-BIRGITTA ROOTH
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    Commentary

    71
    Leander Petzoldt
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    Discussion

    80
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  • 1C. Literary Source Criticism
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    Early Shinto: A Case Study

    87
    JOSEPH M. KITAGAWA
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    The Position of Source Research in Religious Studies (Religionswissenschaft)

    98
    KURT RUDOLPH
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    Commentary

    110
    Ileana Chirassi Colombo
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    Commentary

    125
    William Klassen
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    Commentary

    128
    Eric Segelberg
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    Discussion

    132
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  • PART TWO: The Future of the Phenomenology of Religion
  • 2A. Evaluation of Previous Methods
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    Typology of Religion and the Phenomenological Method

    143
    HARALDS BIEZAIS
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    Symbol Theory and Copy Theory as Basic Epistemological and Conceptual Alternatives in Religious Studies

    161
    CARSTEN COLPE
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    Commentary

    173
    C. J. Bleeker
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    Commentary

    177
    Walter H. Capps
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    Commentary

    185
    Hans-J. Klimkeit
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    Commentary

    200
    Reinhard Pummer
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    Commentary

    204
    Eric J . Sharpe
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    Discussion

    212
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  • 2B. Religio-ecological Approach
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    Ecology of Religion: Its Scope and Methodology

    221
    ÅKE HULTKRANTZ
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    Ecology of Religion, Evolutionism and Comparative Religion

    237
    SVEIN BJERKE
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    Commentary

    249
    Manfred Büttner
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    Commentary

    260
    Asok K. Ghosh
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    Commentary

    271
    G. C. Oosthuizen
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    Commentary

    285
    Edmund Perry
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    Commentary

    290
    Zygmunt Poniatowski
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    Discussion

    293
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  • 2C. Religio-anthropological Approach
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    The History of Religions and the 'Religio-Anthropological Approach'

    299
    UGO BIANCHI
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    Symbolism and Functionalism in the Anthropological Study of Religion

    322
    MELFORD Ε. SPIRO
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    Commentary

    339
    Horst Cain
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    Commentary

    345
    Hans H. Penner
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    Commentary

    351
    Robert F. Spencer
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    Commentary

    354
    Annemarie de Waal Malefijt
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    Discussion

    358
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  • PART THREE: Religion as Expressive Culture
  • 3A. Theories Concerning the Ritual Process
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    Theories Concerning the Ritual Process: An Orientation

    369
    LAURI HONKO
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    Notes on a Theory of the Social Evolution of Ritual

    390
    JAMES L. PEACOCK
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    Commentary

    401
    G.J.F. Bouritius
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    Commentary

    409
    Jacques H. Kamstra
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    Commentary

    414
    Anthony Jackson
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    Discussion

    420
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  • 3B. The Language of Religion
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    The Language of Religion

    429
    JAMES BARR
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    The Language of Religion, and the Study of Religions as Sign Systems

    441
    JACQUES WAARDENBURG
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    Commentary

    458
    Aili Nenola-Kallio
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    Commentary

    463
    Ninian Smart
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    Commentary

    465
    Hans Wissman
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    Discussion

    474
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  • 3C. Depth Structures of Religious Expression
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    The Scandal of Religion

    485
    J. VAN BAAL
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    Is There a Method of Symbol Research Which Offers Hermeneutic Access to Depth- Dimensions of Religious Experience?

    498
    KURT GOLDAMMER
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    Commentary

    519
    Th. P. van Baaren
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    Commentary

    523
    Ulf Drobin
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    Commentary

    528
    Michael Pye
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    Commentary

    535
    R. J. Zwi Werblowsky
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    Discussion

    539
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    Index of Names

    547
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    Index of Subjects

    557
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    630-634

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December 7, 2011
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Hardcover published on:
June 1, 1979
Hardcover ISBN:
9789027977823
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Reprint 2011
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29
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110814507
eBook ISBN: 9783110814507
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