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Religion --- Religion. --- Religion - General

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Freedom of religion --- Religious tolerance --- Religion - General

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This book elucidates the conceptual or theoretical issues in religious studies by means of utilizing the tools of philosophical analysis. The academic discipline of religious studies is rich in conceptual systems that derive from ethnography, history, psychology, sociology and media studies. In line with other fields of research in cultural studies, religious studies adopt various theoretical resources in eclectic ways, and by the same token, imports various numerous conceptual issues from these adjacent fields. In addition to the rich conceptual systems within religious studies, the disciplin

Anthropology of religion. --- Honko, Lauri. --- Religion -- Methodology. --- Religion --- Anthropology of religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Religion - General --- Religious anthropology --- Ethnology --- Methodology

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This work applies many different approaches to the analysis of sacred texts. The articles contained in this collection are influenced by structuralism, phenomenology, the study of self-referentiality and Zen. In many cases, Eastern thought is applied to Western texts, and vice versa.

Hermeneutics. --- Sacred books -- History and criticism. --- Sacred books. --- Sacred books --- Hermeneutics --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Religion - General --- Interpretation, Methodology of --- Criticism --- History and criticism

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This book develops a theory of existential security. It demonstrates that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past half century, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with traditional religious views than ever before. This second edition expands the theory and provides new and updated evidence from a broad perspective and in a wide range of countries. This confirms that religiosity persists most strongly among vulnerable populations, especially in poorer nations and in failed states. Conversely, a systematic erosion of religious practices, values and beliefs has occurred among the more prosperous strata in rich nations.

Sociology of religion --- Political systems --- Religion et politique --- Sécularisme --- Religion and politics. --- Secularism. --- Political science --- General --- General. --- Religion and politics --- Secularism --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Religion - General --- Sociologie van de godsdienst --- Politieke systemen --- Religion et politique. --- Sécularisme (philosophie) --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Ethics --- Irreligion --- Utilitarianism --- Atheism --- Postsecularism --- Secularization (Theology) --- Politics, Practical --- Politics and religion --- Religions --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects