Social Sciences are part of the diverse disciplines that study religion, and that constitute Religious Studies. This article reflects on Religious Studies as sciences of interpretation. As such, the focus of attention is on the concepts of three authors of social sciences that deal with the question of interpretation of the world based on the experiences of subjects. The concept of "Habitus" in Bourdieu, the concept of "culture" in Geertz and the pioneering theoretical base proposed by

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... especially his concept of "social representation". The article puts forth the challenge of the complementarity of these concepts and theories in the study of contemporary religion.