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(Bantam, 1995, 2005, 358 p) Ninian Smart 2Smart is mainly noted for his contribution in the area of methodology. His early work involved linguistic analysis. Later he suggested that religious experience can be either numinous or mystical. Western concern for doctrine overlooked the importance of religious experience. He examined also what he took as key religious concepts, such as relevation, faith, conversion and knowledge. Smart said "She/he who knows but one religion knows none." Towards the end of his life, Smart described himself as a 'Buddhist-Episcopalian'. (wikipedia)
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Roderick Ninian SmartNinian Smart (1927-2001) was a Scottish writer and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious studies. He was also editorial consultant for the major BBC television series 'The Long Search' (1977). His book 'The World's Religions' (1989) reached a considerable popular readership. His defence of religious studies as a secular discipline helped the formation of departments in many public universities. (wikipedia)
Smart 3Smart situated Religious Studies in contrast to theology as agnostic on the truth of religious claims. Description, although vital, must 'transcend the informative' and engage in dialogue with 'the para-historical claims of religions and anti-religious outlooks.' It is concerned with elucidating understanding, or meaning. Religious Studies as a non-confessional, methodologically agnostic discipline takes its place in the secular academy, where it draw heavily on antrhropology, sociology, psychology, history, archaeology,and onther disciplines. Also responses to modernity, to globalisation, as well as trends towards religious eclecticism, properly concern Religious Studies. In an interview Smart said once: "I believe we are moving toward a global ideology that has a place for religion and recognizes the contributions of the different traditions. Hopefully, it will have an overarching view to how we can work together for the promotion of human values and spirituality." (wikipedia)
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