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The scientification of religion : an historical study of discursive change, 1800-2000 / / Kocku von Stuckrad



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Autore: Stuckrad Kocku von <1966-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The scientification of religion : an historical study of discursive change, 1800-2000 / / Kocku von Stuckrad Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2014]
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina: 201/.6509
Soggetto topico: Religion and science
Secularism - Europe
Soggetto non controllato: Western esotericism
historical discourse analysis
religion and science
secularism
Classificazione: BE 2210
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-210) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Religion and Science in Discursive Perspective -- Part One: Discarded Knowledge and Its New Legitimacy in Secular Discourse -- 2. From Polemical Disjunction to New Integration: The Science of the Stars -- 3. Alchemical Quests in Modern Garb -- 4. Darwinism Turned into Religion: Monism -- 5. Merging Occultism, Philosophy, Science, and the Academic Study of Religion: The Theosophical Society -- Part Two: Academics as Religious Pioneers -- 6. The Trouble with Europe: Academic Orientalism and New Mystical Religions -- 7. In Search of the Great Goddess: How Academic Theories Generated Paganism and Witchcraft -- 8. Normatizing Shamanism: Academic Teachers as Religious Experts -- Conclusion: The Scientification of Religion -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The enigmatic relation between religion and science still presents a challenge to European societies and to ideas about what it means to be 'modern.' This book argues that European secularism, rather than pushing back religious truth claims, in fact has been religiously productive itself. The institutional establishment of new disciplines in the nineteenth century, such as religious studies, anthropology, psychology, classical studies, and the study of various religious traditions, led to a professionalization of knowledge about religion that in turn attributed new meanings to religion. This attribution of meaning resulted in the emergence of new religious identities and practices. In a dynamic that is closely linked to this discursive change, the natural sciences adopted religious and metaphysical claims and integrated them in their framework of meaning, resulting in a special form of scientific religiosity that has gained much influence in the twentieth century. Applying methods that come from historical discourse analysis, the book demonstrates that religious semantics have been reconfigured in the secular sciences. Ultimately, the scientification of religion perpetuated religious truth claims under conditions of secularism.
Titolo autorizzato: The scientification of religion  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61451-350-3
1-61451-821-1
1-61451-349-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788560303321
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