Title: Transcendence and Reductionism in Religious Studies: Eric Sharpe On Wilfred Cantwell Smith
Abstract:TRANSCENDENCE AND REDUCTIONISM IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES: ERIC SHARPE ON WILFRED CANTWELL SMITH ANTONIO R. GUALTIERI Sharpe probes two salient features of religious studies as understood and practised by W...TRANSCENDENCE AND REDUCTIONISM IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES: ERIC SHARPE ON WILFRED CANTWELL SMITH ANTONIO R. GUALTIERI Sharpe probes two salient features of religious studies as understood and practised by Wilfred Cantwell Smith who is characterized as having exercised a "considerable impact on the field of religious studies". (282) First he addresses the question of personal meaning as the proper focus of religious studies, and, second, the place assigned to transcendence. The first aspect is discussed more fully in the 1975 first edition of Comparative Religion, and the second in the revised edition of 1986. With respect to personal meaning, we mayRead More
Publication Year: 1989
Publication Date: 1989-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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