Social Scientific Study of Religion

A Method for Constructive Theology

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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An overview of social scientific accounts of religion, providing a model for comparative theology.In this study, Paul S. Chung charts the history of social scientific study of religion from the axial age to the present day, and thereby lays a foundation for a new model of constructive theology in the comparative study of religion, culture and society. Analysing the thought of Max Weber, Alfred Schutz, Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault, Edmund Husserl, Max Horkheimer and others, Chung deals effectively with material interests, power relations and the history of race, gender and sexuality. The result is a synthesis that is at once innovative, critical, and applicable to current methodology in theology and the social sciences.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-10-27
Mått228 x 152 x 18 mm
Vikt404 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieJames Clarke
Antal sidor256
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9780227177655

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Paul S. Chung (Dr Habil.) specialises in theology at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and in sociology of religion at the University of California, Berkeley, CA. After serving as associate professor at Luther Seminary, MN, he was nominated to be distinguished professor at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Chicago. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Historians' Debate - Public Theology website and teaches in Berkeley.

Foreword by Ulrich DuchrowAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Sociological Enquiry and World Religion2. Hermeneutics of Life-world, Religion, and Constructive Theology3. Sociological Hermeneutics, Power Relations, and Immanent Critique4. Phenomenology and Social Construction of Reality5. Social Construction of Religion, Schleiermacher, and Constructive Theology6. Sociological Enquiry into Hinduism and Comparative TheologyEpilogueBibliographyIndex

The range and depth of Chung's analysis is an original contribution to the construction of comparative theology. The hermeneutical lens that informs his work draws upon interdisciplinary perspectives from sociology, critical theory, phenomenology, and religious studies to disclose creative new facets of theological investigation. Incorporating insights from Luther, Troeltsch, and Barth, among others, this project boldly joins rigorous ethical commitment to the imperative of interreligious engagement.