Has the Cognitive Science of Religion (Re)defined ?Religion??

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/130352" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/130352</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Has the Cognitive Science of Religion (Re)defined ?Religion??

Original language description

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the stance of the cognitive science of religion (CSR) with respect to the problem of the definition of religion. Firstly, I defend the necessity of an approximate definition of religion due to the fact that (a)definitions are microtheories and (b) there is considerable social demand for a comprehensive definition of religion because of the inclusion of the concept in the majority of contemporary legal systems. Secondly, I present a representative sample of statements about the nature of religion put forward by scholars working within the cognitive tradition, which reveals considerable convergence on what the CSR thinks religion is about and justifies the concept of a "cognitive definition of religion".

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AA - Philosophy and religion

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Religio : revue pro religionistiku

ISSN

1210-3640

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

3-27

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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