TY - JOUR
T1 - A Point by Point Response to Donald Wiebe
T2 - A Manifesto for the Scientific study of Religion
AU - Jensen, Jeppe Sinding
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - A point by point response to Wiebe's 'Manifesto', mostly in support of the 'methodological naturalism'-with added precautions on the current use of the term 'science'. A philosophy for the study of religion is called for, with an epistemological range that caters for collective methodologies and social ontologies; respects the analytic distinction between 'subject matter' and 'theoretical object'-and, ultimately, the theoryladenness of all talk about 'religion'. Naturalism is not about givens in the study of meaningful human behavior.
AB - A point by point response to Wiebe's 'Manifesto', mostly in support of the 'methodological naturalism'-with added precautions on the current use of the term 'science'. A philosophy for the study of religion is called for, with an epistemological range that caters for collective methodologies and social ontologies; respects the analytic distinction between 'subject matter' and 'theoretical object'-and, ultimately, the theoryladenness of all talk about 'religion'. Naturalism is not about givens in the study of meaningful human behavior.
KW - Analytical value of concepts
KW - Definitions theory-dependent
KW - Methodological naturalism
KW - Reification
KW - Social reality and life-worlds
KW - The concept of 'science'
KW - Theoretical object
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85095812318&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1163/15700682-12341497
DO - 10.1163/15700682-12341497
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0943-3058
VL - 33
SP - 89
EP - 94
JO - Method and Theory in the Study of Religion
JF - Method and Theory in the Study of Religion
IS - 1
ER -