title: Theology and religion-state relations: Theorising on the middle range
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metadata.value: Zolotukhin, Vsevolod V.
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metadata.value: 2024-02-19T18:54:17Z
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metadata.value: 2024-02-19T18:54:17Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-12
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metadata.value: Zolotukhin Vs. V. Theology and religion-state relations: Theorising on the middle range. Issues of Theology, 2023, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 530–548. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2023.401 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2023.401
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44916
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The paper is devoted to the problem how a theologian would treat religion-state
  relations field of research. This field is to describe by middle-range theories in
  comparison to other levels: philosophy of religion (high-range theories) and social
  anthropology (low-range theories). The middle range deals with religion as actual
  social practice involved in a regional culture context. In world cultures, there is a
  lot of original views on religion and theology, it is difficult to generalize them in a
  correct way. It would be better to understand theology as optics. This optics is an
  insider view on religious community and its doctrines, including in-depth knowledge
  of its traditions, practices and worldview. A theologian analyzes correlation
  between religious reality and normative rules of a tradition as well as seeks to point
  out probable traits and changes of religion in the future. The optics of theology towards
  religion-state relations comprises several hermeneutical methods applied to
  reconstruct meaning of key religious concepts or to compare present-day opinions
  with heritage of tradition. This focus contributes to understanding of religion as
  social, historical and political reality. Nevertheless, the optics of theology does not
  exclude methods of religious studies or philosophy of religion when necessary.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 5; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: theology
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: religion-state relations
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: methodology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: humanities
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: hermeneutics
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Begriffsgeschichte
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: non-Western cultures
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Theology and religion-state relations: Theorising on the middle range
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metadata.value: Article
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