Religion as Social Reality

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" Religion as Social Reality "
Andrea Rota

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077907
Doc. No	:	LA121536
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341369‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Andrea Rota
Title & Author	:	Religion as Social Reality [Article]\ Andrea Rota
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Method Theory in the Study of Religion
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	28/4-5
Page No	:	421–444
Abstract	:	In this article I argue that the shift from a private to a public–social understanding of religion raises new ontological and epistemological questions for the scientific study of religion\s. These questions are deeply related to three central features of the emic–etic debate, namely the problems of intentionality, objectivity, and comparison. Focusing on these interrelated issues, I discuss the potential of John Searle’s philosophy of society for the scientific study of religion\s. Considering the role of intentionality at the social level, I present Searle’s concept of “social ontology” and discuss its epistemological implications. To clarify Searle’s position regarding the objectivity of the social sciences, I propose a heuristic model contrasting different stances within the scientific study of religion\s. Finally, I explore some problematic aspects of Searle’s views for a comparative study of religion\s, and sketch a solution within his framework. I shall argue that a distinction between the epistemological and ontological dimensions of religious affairs would help clarify the issues at stake in the past and future of the emic–etic debate.
Descriptor	:	collective intentionality
Descriptor	:	comparison
Descriptor	:	epistemology
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	John Searle
Descriptor	:	objectivity
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	social ontology
Descriptor	:	subjectivity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341369‬