A Point by Point Response to Donald Wiebe: A Manifesto for the Scientific study of Religion

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 -