Ideowy wymiar badań religioznawczych
The Ideological Dimension of Religious Studies

Summary/Abstract: Ideology is often perceived as an impediment to advancing the scientific study of religion. Therhetoric of scientificity, which is present in many academic publications in religious studies, seemsto conceal a fear of a marriage between science and ideology. The article argues that it is neitherpossible nor necessary to build religious studies freed from ideological influences. It is not entirelypossible because no researcher can isolate herself from ideological factors which are a result of hisparticipation in social life. But it is also not necessary because one can conduct careful and rigorousresearch in some ideological frameworks. There are situations in which the ideological factorcan play a considerable and positive role. What is import_ant, however, is to develop an unceasingcritique of ideological influences which aims at uncovering and then controlling them both on thescientific and institutional plane.

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