vallástudomány
Vallástudomány, or religious studies, is an academic discipline that studies religions as human phenomena. It aims to describe, analyze, and compare religious beliefs, practices, institutions, texts, and experiences without advocating a particular faith. The field treats religion as a social and cultural system that influences and is influenced by politics, law, art, and daily life.
Scholars in vallástudomány draw on multiple disciplines, including history of religions, sociology of religion, anthropology of
Objects of study include religious groups, rituals, moral codes, sacred texts, symbols, places of worship, and
Relation to theology: vallástudomány is typically secular and critical, focused on description and explanation rather than
History and present: The discipline has roots in 19th- and 20th-century scholarship that sought to study religion