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methodological agnosticism: a standalone construct

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the stance that the scholar of religion neither affirms nor denies the truth of religious claims while studying them.

In religious studies, methodological agnosticism refers to the stance that the scholar of religion neither affirms nor denies the truth of religious claims while studying them. This meaning comes from Smart (1973) in The Science of Religion and the Sociology of Knowledge.[1]

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  1. Smart, N. (1973). The science of religion and the sociology of knowledge: Some methodological questions. Princeton University Press. Open Library record

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