Religious and Empirical 'Other': 'Primitive' and 'Civilized'in History

FAIN: FS-*0142-77

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1350)
Charles H. Long (Project Director: August 1976 to October 1990)

To examine the methodological bias in the study of the history of religion, namely the studies of archaic and primitive religions. Participants will investigate the concept of "primitive" from hermeneutic and empirical perspectives and attempt to arrive at an understanding of the constructive principles involved in the history of religion in general.