O 'saber' da crença religiosa

Authors

  • Álvaro Campelo Universidade Fernando Pessoa

Abstract

In the discourse of religious belief, like that of any other belief, the question has always been centred on the fundamental issue that the beliefs' contents establish a problematic relationship with the truth. Considering several classical theories on belief, and restating their contents as a currently pertinent object in anthropological studies, the author presents new forms of accessing the knowledge that is part of the belief discourse. Through Cognitive Psychology and Linguistics, the author proposes new research approches in the field of religious belief, as a way of reaching this knowledge, the world view of a society and how that society expresses its intepretation in that very same world.

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