Reflections on the Study of Religion : Including an Essay on the Work of Gerardus Van Der Leeuw

Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline. PREFACE INTRODUCTION Part One: Reflections on the Study of Religion 1. OBJECTIVE FACTS AND SUBJECTIVE MEANINGS IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION 2. RECENT TRENDS IN DUTCH STUDIES OF RELIGION 3. THE INTELLECTUAL SITUATION OF A STUDENT OF RELIGION Part Two: A Plea for Methodological Awareness 4. A NEED FOR METHODOLOGY 5. THE QUEST FOR METHOD 6. THE CATEGORY OF FAITH IN PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH Part Three: Phenomenology of Religion Reconsidered 7. PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION: A SCHOLARLY DISCIPLINE, A PHILOSOPHY, OR AN ART? 8. TOWARD A NEW STYLE PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON RELIGION Part Four: Applications 9. THE SITUATION OF PRESENT-DAY RELIGIONS 10. ISSUES OF DISCUSSION IN CONTEMPORARY RELIGIONS Part Five: Out of the History of the Study of Religion 11. GERARDUS VAN DER LEEUW AS A THEOLOGIAN AND PHENOMENOLOGIST REFERENCES INDEXES 1. Index of proper names 2. Subject index 3. Index on terminology Gerardus van der Leeuw ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Since its founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.