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The Mennaisian “Catholic Science of Religion”: Epistemology and History in Early Nineteenth-Century French Study

The Mennaisian “Catholic Science of Religion”: Epistemology and History in Early... <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article examines the “science of religion” constructed by the Catholic Traditionalist Félicité de Lamennais (1782-1854) and his followers associated with the journal Mémorial Catholique (1824-1830) as an aspect of the career of the concept of religion in France in the early nineteenth century. It rests on the dual convictions that “religion” is an epistemological object that possesses a history and that the early nineteenth century occupies a transitional place in the shift from biblically-based to critical-historical approaches to thinking about religion. It will also yield some concluding reflections on the post-colonialist turn in recent historiography of religion.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Method & Theory in the Study of Religion Brill

The Mennaisian “Catholic Science of Religion”: Epistemology and History in Early Nineteenth-Century French Study

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion , Volume 21 (3): 285 – Jan 1, 2009

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0943-3058
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1570-0682
DOI
10.1163/157006809X460338
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article examines the “science of religion” constructed by the Catholic Traditionalist Félicité de Lamennais (1782-1854) and his followers associated with the journal Mémorial Catholique (1824-1830) as an aspect of the career of the concept of religion in France in the early nineteenth century. It rests on the dual convictions that “religion” is an epistemological object that possesses a history and that the early nineteenth century occupies a transitional place in the shift from biblically-based to critical-historical approaches to thinking about religion. It will also yield some concluding reflections on the post-colonialist turn in recent historiography of religion.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Journal

Method & Theory in the Study of ReligionBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: HISTORIOGRAPHY OF RELIGION; FRANCE; HISTORICAL EPISTEMOLOGY; FÉLICITÉ LAMENNAIS; CATHOLIC TRADITIONALISM; SCIENCE OF RELIGION

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