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Waardenburg, Jacques

Labor & Fides

<p>Textbook on the history of the scholarly study of religion(s) particularly suited for courses and seminars on problems of method and theory as treated by the founders of the discipline. The book traces the rise and development of the scholarly study of religion from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century referring to the work of some 170 scholars. Than it presents texts of some 40 wellknown scholars in which they express themselves about the particular approach, theory and method(s) which they used in their studies. These scholars have been selected from the discipline of Religionswissenschaft as well as from other disciplines relevant to the study of religion (anthropology, sociology, psychology). Extensive indexes serve to locate the names as well as the technical terms and the problems treated in the book.</p>

Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion: Aims, Methods and Theories of Research. Introduction and Anthology (Religion and Reason)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

de Gruyter

Jacques Waardenburg writes about relations between Muslims and adherents of other religions. After illuminating various aspects of Islam from an outside point of view in his volume "Islam" (published in 2002 by de Gruyter) his second volume changes the perspective: The author shows how Muslims perceived non-Muslims - particularly Christianity and "the West", but also Judaism and Asian religions - in many centuries of religious dialogue and tensions. The main focus is on Muslim minorities in Western countries and on religious dialogues of which he provides first-hand knowledge through his participation in several important dialogue meetings. After 50 years of research and personal involvement, Waardenburg aims at a mutual understanding and reconciliation of Islam and other religions, particularly Christianity, both on an international level as well as on a more local level where "old" and "new", Christian and Muslim Europeans live together.

Muslims and Others: Relations in Context (Religion and Reason, 41)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

This book deals with Islamic studies and with the question how the scholarly study of religion can contribute to the study of Islam. The author advocates studying Islamic phenomena as signs and symbols interpreted and applied in diverse ways in existing traditions. He stresses the role of Muslims as actors in the ongoing debate about the articulation of Islamic ways of life and construction of Islam as a religion. A careful study of this debate should steer clear of political, religious, and ideological interests. Research in this area by Muslims and non-Muslim scholars alike should address the question of what Muslims have made of their Islam in specific circumstances. Current political contexts have created an unhealthy climate for pursuing an "open" approach to Islam based on reading, observing, listening and reflecting. Yet, precisely nowadays we need to look anew at ways of Muslim thinking and acting that refer to Islam and to avoid certain schemes of interpreting Muslim realities that are no longer adequate for present-day Muslim life situations. Muslim recourses to Islam can be studied as human constructions of value and meaning, and relations between Muslims and others can be seen in terms of human interaction, without blame always falling on Islam as such.

Muslims as Actors: Islamic Meanings and Muslim Interpretations in the Perspective of the Study of Religions (Religion and Reason, 46)

Walter de Gruyter

Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion was groundbreaking in establishing religious studies as an independent academic field. This second edition includes a new foreword by Russell McCutcheon, Waardenburg`s original essay on the growth of the study of religion over 100 years, and an anthology of texts from 41 scholars whose work was programmatic in the evolution of religious studies. It is essential reading for any student of religion.

Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion: Aims, Methods, and Theories of Research. Introduction and Anthology (De Gruyter Studium)

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

<p>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. </p>

Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion, Vol. 2

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