Charles J. Adams Antara Reduksionisme dan Anti-Reduksionisme dalam Kajian Agama
Abstract: This paper is about
a critical survey of Charles J. Adams’ insights concerning the definition and
nature of religion. We are particularly interested in digging up the logic and
methodological inconsistency of Charles Adams as far as his offer on religious studies
is concerned. Initially we were impressed by the power of his allusions. But
the deeper we go the more we found out that his thought is replete with
methodological incongruence. First, he is not certain about the definition of
religion; an uncertainty that leads to a lot of fundamental errors in the
description of religion as a whole. Second, he is not sure what line of
argument he follows, the fact that leads to confusion whether he is
reductionist or anti-reductionist. It is about this confusion that this paper
is concerned with. Although a major part of this paper deals with religions in
general, its theme and problems are of particular importance to the study of
Islam.
Keywords: reductionism,
anti-reductionism, religious studies
Penulis: Abdul Kadir Riyadi
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd100042
