Study Of Religion Research Articles

Psychology and Religion: Their Relationship and Integration from an Islamic Perspective (1998)*

Religion is a pervasive and influential phenomenon in the livesof many people. Instances of religious behavior are easily foundin almost all societies and cultures of the world. However, psychologyas a behavioral science has largely ignored the studyof religion and its profound impact on human behavior. Thisarticle attempts to explore the relationship between psychologyand religion and how these two disciplines interact. After a generaloverview of the relationship between the two disciplines,Islamization of psychology is suggested as a way out of the currentimpasse between psychology and religion. *This article was first published in the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 15, no. 4 (1998):97-116

Non-Confessional RE in Denmark and Rights to Exemption: A Study-of Religions cum Human Rights Perspective

Danish elementary school Religious Education (RE) dates back to the beginning of the Danish public schools in 1814 and remained confessional until 1975. In 1937, an option for exemption for teachers and pupils was introduced. However, the non-confessionalisation of the school subject did not indicate that the exemption was removed. At present, pupils (excluding teachers) may still be exempted. In this study, the authors examine the current situation of the subject, the exemption rules, and related human rights aspects. We analyse the contents and aims of RE, the exemption regulations and the related political, public and educational debates on the option for exemption. The analyses and discussions cover a few key non-Danish and Danish articles and discussions from a human rights and an educational perspective of RE and human rights in Europe. The articles are particularly related to the freedom of religion or belief and include discussions on the requirements for RE to be compulsory and thus have no ‘opt-out’ option for pupils and parents.

Review: The Insider/Outsider Debate: New Perspectives in the Study of Religion, edited by George D. Chryssides and Stephen E. Gregg

Review: <i>The Insider/Outsider Debate: New Perspectives in the Study of Religion</i>, edited by George D. Chryssides and Stephen E. Gregg

Identificación y caracterización de las manifestaciones culturales religiosas católicas en Los Antiguos, Provincia de Santa Cruz

Una importante cantidad de trabajos podrían mencionarse en torno al estudio de la religión a escalas global y local, pero casi nulos los relacionados a la provincia de Santa Cruz y particularmente a Los Antiguos. Esta localidad, se localiza a 993 km al NO de Río Gallegos, con uno de los valores más bajos en cantidad de habitantes. El presente trabajo forma parte del plan de trabajo de la estudiante de la Licenciatura en Geografía Jacquelina Díaz Viegas como integrante del Proyecto de Investigación 29 A/427-1 “La geografía de las religiones en el ejido municipal de Río Gallegos en el año 2018. La Geografía cultural en la Patagonia austral extraandina”. En este caso, se presenta un estado de avance del mismo. Su objetivo es identificar la influencia territorial de la religión Católica Apostólica Romana en Los Antiguos en el marco de la Geografía cultural y de la Geografía de las religiones. Estas manifestaciones culturales religiosas católicas, se identificaron y caracterizaron a partir de lecturas comprensivas, de la observación directa, en salidas de campo y concertando entrevistas con actores clave en la localidad. Se espera contribuir con la generación de conocimiento a grupos interdisciplinarios abocados al estudio de las Ciencias Sociales, la Geografía y de las religiones, como así también a la formación profesional de la estudiante avanzada.

With This Root about My Person: Charles H. Long and New Directions in the Study of Religion, Edited by Jennifer Reid and Davíd Carrasco

With This Root about My Person: Charles H. Long and New Directions in the Study of Religion, Edited by Jennifer Reid and Davíd Carrasco

Goldburg, Peta: Religion: contexts and expressions—study of religion for QLD

Goldburg, Peta: Religion: contexts and expressions—study of religion for QLD

Sisyphus and I

&#x0D; My work as a scholar of religion began in a Department of Religious Studieswhich had been the first in the United Kingdom not to be connectedto Theology. I now teach in a Religion programme which has recentlysevered its institutional connection to Theology. However, for many ofthe intervening years in my three decades in the discipline I worked incontexts which combined theology with religious studies. My researchbegan with reflection on the historical origin of the academic study ofreligion. This article reflects on the relationship between theology andreligious studies as I have experienced it, and argues that it is crucial tomaintain the distinction and to communicate it clearly to those outsideof our discipline.

Is comparative theology Catholic? Expectations regarding the comparativist

Clooney’s lead article makes the case for a comparative theology that is Catholic and, consequently, for a Catholic theology that is deeply interreligious and yet still Catholic. It is fair enough to inquire into the depth of Catholicity undergirding a Catholic comparative theology even if, on the whole, comparative theology ought not to be held to a higher or stricter standard than the rest of Catholic theology. The article’s core argument is that the study of the texts of another religious tradition can and should be undertaken for the sake of Catholic theology, as a genuine form of Catholic theology. The thesis is illumined by four guiding points: discerning God’s presence in the content of non-Christian texts; discerning legitimate analogies across traditions’ boundaries, a discernment which requires theological instincts; moving from an extrinsic to an engaged form of scholarship; judging a Catholic comparative theology, like any other theology, by its fruits. On all four points, progress can be best made by the comparativist who is Catholic and thus too by a theologian genuinely engaged in the study of another religious tradition in the particular. The Catholic theologian who can learn most wisely from another religion is the Catholic who wisely studies the other tradition; and this theologian is a comparative theologian. Conversely, non- or pre-theological reading served up for subsequent theological study by others is unlikely to eventuate in a mature and integral Catholic theology. Separating theology and the study of religions does not serve the cause of theology, even if in the short run it seems to make things neater and safer. In his reply, Winkler, among other things, points to the importance of factors like the theologian’s subjective engagement and the necessity of theology of religions for doing comparative theology.

Изучение религии, а не пропаганда атеизма

Статья посвящена исследованию трудов М.П. Новикова (1918‒1993) в ас­пекте его прогнозов относительно тенденций развития отечественного пра­вославного богословия. Показано, что только намечавшиеся в 1870-е гг. тенденции, выделенные Новиковым, в полной мере реализовались в насто­ящее время: новые акценты в трактовке догматических положений, расши­рение области горизонтального богословия, привлечение идей богословов и&nbsp;философов, в том числе тех, которые ранее оценивались как маргиналь­ные, а также обращение к опыту религиозной философии, развивавшейся вне православной традиции. Тогда же начало изменяться отношение к иным религиозным традициям, усилилось внимание к социальной проблематике, вопросам экологии и др. Отмеченные Новиковым новые явления в богосло­вии, как он и предсказывал, определили магистральную линию развития православного богословия и его современное лицо. М.П. Новиков учитывал тенденции в разных ветвях богословия в мировом масштабе, пользовался принятой и сейчас научной методологией. Религиоведение выполняло свой­ственную науке прогностическую функцию и в советские времена, даже на­зываясь научным атеизмом. Идеи М.П. Новикова полезны и в наше время. Во-первых, следует сохранять методологический подход – рассмотрение отечественных общественных процессов в контексте мировых. Во-вторых, следует признать, что модернизационные процессы не являются следстви­ем чьей-то воли и иных субъективных факторов, что они возникают с необ­ходимостью и подчиняются объективным закономерностям. В-третьих, сле­дует аккуратно выделять главные особенности в богословских оценках общества и истории. Последнее особенно сложно, поскольку предполагает абстрагирование от актуального общественного значения конкретных бого­словских текстов и превращение их в предмет научного исследования. В&nbsp;этом отношении опыт советского религиоведения ценен и заслуживает изучения.

Ciência(s) da Religião Aplicada(s): uma contribuição do mestrado profissional em ciências das religiões da Faculdade Unida de Vitória

Artigo avaliativo-propositivo das relações entre mestrados acadêmicos e profissionais na Área Ciências das Religiões e Teologia no Brasil. Considera-se, de um lado, o recorte prioritário dosMestrados Profissionais no campo da Ciência da Religião Aplicada e, de outro, a experiência histórica do único Mestrado Profissional em Ciências das Religiões do Brasil. Descreve-se a diversidade de representação de campos profissionais no corpo discente do Programa, sua relativa concentração em Educação, Religião, Direito e Saúde, extraindo da constatação a argumentação quanto a constituir função do Programa a formação continuada, na perspectiva da pesquisa e da atuação em Ciências das Religiões, de profissionais de quaisquer campos de atuação em cujo contexto imbriquem questões relacionadas à religião em interface com a respectiva profissão.

Quatro estações para o diálogo: quarenta anos de contribuição do Programa de Ciência da Religião da PUC-SP para o Ensino Religioso

O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Religião da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo completou quarenta anos de pesquisa e produção sobre diferentes aspectos da religião. Entre eles está a discussão do ensino religioso, que ocorreu de forma explícita a partir de meados dos anos noventa, quando seus pesquisadores iniciaram um processo de compreensão entre o Ensino Religioso e a Ciência da Religião. Este artigo foi produzido a partir do programa Concepções e Recursos do Ensino Religioso no Projeto Concepções e Produção Científica. É uma pesquisa qualitativa bibliográfica resultante da organização de informações para reconstruir a relação de um Programa de Stricto Senso com a implementação dos referenciais teóricos deste componente a partir da Ciência da Religião como sua área de referência.

"페미니즘 시대, 실천적 종교연구를 위한 시론"

"페미니즘 시대, 실천적 종교연구를 위한 시론"

Rock, Rattle, and Roll

Rock, Rattle, and Roll

Portrait

I wish I had been present at the 1993 annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) when Professor Eileen Barker delivered her subversive presidential address: “The Scientific Study of Religion? You Must Be Joking!” I imagine that not all audience members were delighted. The address lives up to its billing, driving a cart and horses through pervasive positivistic assumptions in the study of religion and ushering in a very different approach. I will not pretend that it changed my life the first time I read it, but I have gone back to it time and again, and it continues to illuminate and inspire.

Introduction: Methodical Aspects of Comparison

Much ink has been spilled over the significance, the risks and benefits, and even the very possibility of comparison in the study of religion, but few scholars have reflected on how comparison actually works. [...]

Freedom for the Tertium: On Conditions and Provisions for Comparison in the Study of Religion

Freedom for the Tertium: On Conditions and Provisions for Comparison in the Study of Religion

Ubiquitous Inquiry: Peircean Possibilities in the Practice and Study of Religion

Ubiquitous Inquiry: Peircean Possibilities in the Practice and Study of Religion

Study of Religion: Different Levels and Approaches—A Combined Review

Study of Religion: Different Levels and Approaches—A Combined Review

Buttering Bread on Both Sides

This is a response to Paul Kenny’s “Colloquium Response: More ‘theory as explanation’ anyone?” It argues that both “theory-as-explanation” and “theory-as-critique” are alive and well in the study of religion.

New Trends and Recurring Issues in the Study of Religion. By Ábrahám Kovács and James L. Cox

New Trends and Recurring Issues in the Study of Religion. By Ábrahám Kovács and James L. Cox