Response to Peter Ochs' "comparative religious traditions"

Robert A. Segal

doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfj022

Response to Peter Ochs' "comparative religious traditions"

Robert A. Segal

Religious Studies

Lancaster University

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Abstract

Peter Ochs proposes a clever compromise to reconcile the conventional opposition of theology to comparison altogether with the conventional commitment of religious studies to comparison unbounded. He proposes that comparison be undertaken, but only between religions that have either sought to compare themselves with each other or may yet do so. As commendable as Ochs' effort is, I think that comparison even between religions that are unaware of each other is wholly proper. The theological objections that Ochs strives to meet are, for me, unwarranted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	129-132
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Volume	74
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfj022
Publication status	Published - 2006

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[revised and republished: Journal of the American Academy of Religion74 (June 2006), 495-98]

Keywords

BCG
Communicable disease
E. coli O157
Gonococci
Healthcare workers
Radiation

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Response to Peter Ochs' "comparative religious traditions"

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