Discursive study of religion: Approaches, definitions, implications

Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-25

  Von Stuckrad, Kocku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

definitions of religion; discursive study of religion; historical discourse analysis; social constructivism; sociology of knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872515582     PISSN: 09433058     EISSN: 15700682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341253     Document Type: Article

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