瓦赫早年的宗教學構想

Wach's Early Concept of Religious Studies

根瑟•馬庫斯(Marcus Günzel)

《區域人文社會學報》 8期 (2005/08) Pp. 159-172

https://doi.org/10.7043/JRSHSS.200508.0159

摘要

本文介紹德國宗教學家瓦赫在其一九二四年的論著《宗教學》一書中所主張的宗教學構想，並試指出此構想對於今日宗教學的意義。瓦赫早年構想的主要貢獻在於釐清許多與宗教學作為一門學科相關的基礎性問題。例如他指出宗教學與哲學、神學間的根本差異，因而主張這三門學科應劃清界線。此外，他首次提出「宗教史學」與「系統性宗教研究」的區別，且認為這兩種途徑應成為宗教學的基本架構。

關鍵字

宗教學 ； 宗教史學 ； 系統性宗教學

並列摘要

This paper briefly analyses Joachim Wach's early concept of the study of religion as an autonomous scientific discipline, which he expounded in his important book ”Religionswissenschaft” (1924), and considers its value for today's Religious Studies. Wach established the distinction between the historical and systematic branches of Religionswissenschaft, which is still regarded as a kind of consensus among many contemporary scholars of religion. Another important contribution is his insistence upon the character of Religious Studies as an empirical discipline, not to be confused with theology or philosophy.

並列關鍵字

Religious Studies ； History of Religions ； Systematic Study of Religion

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