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Comparative Studies in History of Religions
Erik Reenberg SandJørgen Podemann Sørensen
其他書名
Their Aim, Scope, and Validity
出版Museum Tusculanum Press, 1999
主題Religion / GeneralReligion / Comparative ReligionReligion / History
ISBN87728953309788772895338
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TU_H79-CtucC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋It was Max Müller who coined the famous motto of the comparative study of religion "He who knows one, knows none." Since its first beginning in the second half of the nineteenth century, the history of religions has always somehow invoked comparative insights as its very raison d'être. The nature of these insights has been under constant debate and at times, scepticism and devastating critique of the more pretentious comparative projects made regionally specialized studies seem the only legitimate enterprise within the discipline. The fact remains, however, that the major general issues addressed by historians of religions are rooted in considerations of a comparative nature. The dossier of papers from an international conference held at the University of Copenhagen discusses tradition as well as new approaches to the fundamental issues of the aim, scope and validity of comparative studies in history of religions. No longer bound to monolithic visions of history and human nature, these papers critically explore the limits and the roles of comparison in the study of religion.