Kim Knott’s Perspectives of Insider and Outsider in Religious Studies

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10.2991/assehr.k.201113.040How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Insider/outsider theory, religious studies, Kim Knott’s approach

Abstract

Explorative study of religion seems to be stagnant in obtaining the meaning behind the values taught. In fact, the presence of religion can produce the solutions to various problems of life. Religious studies with a scientific approach also contribute to the dynamics that happen in learning religious studies. Especially in this contemporary era, religion is seen to have many sides (multiple faces) with various perspectives, one of which is developed by Kim Knott. This paper aims to understand and describe in detail the ideas or views of Kim Knott’s insider/outsider perspective on religious studies. Based on the results of the discussion, Kim Knott made an idea offer in the form of mapping outsider and insider areas as well as methodological and approach development in religious studies. This research is used descriptive qualitative to know how an important problem concerning to standard of objectivity. Knott’s approach tries to place researcher on the margin of appreciation as a border line between insider-outsider Kim Knott’s insider-outsider theory contributes to the richness of the treasury of scientific studies in Islamic studies so as to be able to fade the stagnation that has been experienced and innovated the development of approaches or viewpoints of religious studies and methods of religious understanding. It starts from a religious understanding which is limited from ideality towards historicality, from doctrine to sociological entity and from essence discourse to existence. Furthermore, by it can give a solution to overcome the problems that happen around the isue in learning religious studies.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - M. Afif Amrulloh
AU  - Sri Suci Suryawati
AU  - Nur Hidayah
AU  - Dian Reftyawati
AU  - Siti Latifah Mardiyah
AU  - Fatonah Salfadilah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/13
TI  - Kim Knott’s Perspectives of Insider and Outsider in Religious Studies
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Raden Intan International Conference on Muslim Societies and Social Sciences (RIICMuSSS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 211
EP  - 216
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201113.040
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201113.040
ID  - Amrulloh2020
ER  -