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Believing and acting : the pragmatic turn in comparative religion and ethics / G. Scott Davis.

By: Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012.Description: 234 p. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199583904
  • 0199583900
Other title:
  • Believing & acting
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200 23 DAV
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Contents;

1. Believing and acting: The allure of method in the study of religion
2. Peirce and the legacy of pragmatism
3. Ethics, religion, and the limits of empiricism
4. Richard Rorty and the pragmatic turn in the study of religion
5. "Gay fine colours": Cognitive science and the study of religion
6. The base of design: Relativism and fieldwork in contemporary anthropology
7. Explaining innovation: From the history of art to comparative ethics and religion
8. From comparisons to cases: Pragmatism and politics of virtue

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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