scholarly journals Religion in the Global East: Challenges and Opportunities for the Social Scientific Study of Religion

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fenggang Yang
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
Social Scientific Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Asian Society ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
East Asian Society

This essay is based on the Presidential Address at the East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Inaugural Conference on 3–5 July 2018 in Singapore. It discusses some aspects of the key concepts, some of the distinct characteristics of religion in East Asia, and some implications for the social scientific study of religion in general.

Bringing Moral Culture into the Fray

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conflict ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
Moral Culture ◽  
Social Scientific Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Basic Level

This introductory chapter briefly presents the conflict in Yellowstone, elaborates on the book's theoretical argument, and specifies its substantive and theoretical contributions to the social scientific study of environment, culture, religion, and morality. The chapter argues that the environmental conflict in Yellowstone is not—as it would appear on the surface—ultimately all about scientific, economic, legal, or other technical evidence and arguments, but an underlying struggle over deeply held “faith” commitments, feelings, and desires that define what people find sacred, good, and meaningful in life at a most basic level. An overview of the subsequent chapters is also presented.

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