Comparative religion
Comparative religion is the academic study of religions through systematic comparison.
Established Friedrich Max Müller's Introduction to the Science of Religion (1873) argued for a scientific study of religion based on texts, and he edited the fifty-volume Sacred Books of the East (1879–1910), English translations of Asian scriptures.[1][2] Established The discipline developed in Europe in the late nineteenth century with figures such as C.P. Tiele, and alongside anthropological approaches such as Frazer's.[3] Scholarly debate Later critics argued that early comparativists projected Protestant and colonial categories onto other traditions; defenders reply that careful comparison remains essential.[4]
References
- ↑ F. Max Müller, Introduction to the Science of Religion (1873). public domain.
- ↑ F. Max Müller (ed.), The Sacred Books of the East (1879–1910). 50 vols; public domain.
- ↑ Eric J. Sharpe, Comparative Religion: A History (1975). Cited only.
- ↑ Sharpe (1975); Jonathan Z. Smith, Map Is Not Territory (1978). Cited only.
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