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Decolonizing the Study of Religions: Muslim Intellectuals and the Enlightenment Project of Religious Studies 非殖民化的宗教研究:穆斯林知识分子与宗教研究的启蒙工程

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2018/V31N2A1

A. Tayob

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引用次数: 17

Will religion survive? A critical discussion of the divergent answers of two atheists: archaeologist David Lewis-Williams and philosopher of religion J.L. Schellenberg 宗教会继续存在吗?对两位无神论者:考古学家大卫·刘易斯-威廉姆斯和宗教哲学家谢伦伯格的不同答案的批判性讨论

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2018/V31N2A12

M. Prozesky

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引用次数: 0

Martin Prozesky and 'Well-being': Retroactive and proactive perspectives on religion and ethics in the social transformation of South Africa 马丁·普罗泽斯基与“幸福”:南非社会转型中宗教与伦理的追溯与前瞻视角

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2018/V31N1A16

J. Smit, Denzil Chetty

引用次数: 0

Race and Materiality in African Religious Contexts 非洲宗教背景下的种族与物质性

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2018/V31N2A2

Federico Settler

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引用次数: 2

‘Senses’: assessing a key term in David Chidester’s analysis of religion “感官”:评估大卫·奇德尔斯特宗教分析中的一个关键术语

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2018/V31N2A7

J. Strijdom

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引用次数: 1

Tomorrow's ethics in a globalizing world 全球化世界中的明日伦理

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2018/V31N1A17

M. Prozesky

引用次数: 7

Theology before and after Bishop Robinson's Honest to God (1963) 鲁滨逊主教《对上帝诚实》(1963)前后的神学

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2018/V31N1A12

L. Geering

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引用次数: 1

God and universities 上帝与大学

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2018/V31N1A15

J. Cobb

引用次数: 0

Learning from Black Theology 向黑人神学学习

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2018/V31N1A5

B. Moore

引用次数: 1

Convergence and divergence: a Christian response to Prozesky’s ‘global ethic’ and secular spirituality 趋同与分歧:基督教对普罗泽斯基“全球伦理”和世俗灵性的回应