A Postcolonial and Material Theory of Knowledge for the Study of Religion: A Comparison of Durkheim and Chidester's Epistemologies
This article addresses the fundamental question of how knowledge about religion is acquired in the academic study of religion. It does so by means of a comparison of the answers to the question by Emile Durkheim and David Chidester. Durkheim, in engaging with the conventional distinction between rat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Journal for the Study of Religion |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1011-76012024000100006&tlng=en |