Understanding theories of religion: an introduction
Cover; Dedication page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface to the Second Edition; 1 Introduction; A New Kind of Method and Theory Book; From Religion to the "Problems of Religion"; But Why Did They Think That They Were Right?; Leading Questions: On Seeing Both the Forest and the Trees; Re...
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken
Wiley
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Edition: | 2. ed. |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion -- Methodology
B Religion -- Study and teaching -- History B Religion B Electronic books |
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| Summary: | Cover; Dedication page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface to the Second Edition; 1 Introduction; A New Kind of Method and Theory Book; From Religion to the "Problems of Religion"; But Why Did They Think That They Were Right?; Leading Questions: On Seeing Both the Forest and the Trees; References; PART I: The Prehistory of the Study of Religion; 2 Jean Bodin and Herbert of Cherbury; Forming a Common Mind about Religion in Early Modern Europe; Natural Religion, Naturism, the Religion of Nature, and Revealed Religion; Religious Wars, the New World, and the Concept of Religion A Time of Problems and Creative Ferment TooJean Bodin: Comparing Law Teaches Us How To Compare Religions; The True Religion Must Be the Oldest Religion; Natural Religion Is the Essence of Religion: Herbert of Cherbury; Herbert's "Ambidextrous" Theory of Natural Religion; References; Further Reading; 3 Understanding Religion Also Began with Trying to Understand the Bible; The Bible's New Readers: Skeptics and Seekers; "Frodo Lives!" Myth, History, and Mystery; Biblical Criticism's New Methods; Higher Criticism: Internal Discrepancies; Spinoza Major Protestant Players: Ferdinand Christian Baur and the Tübingen SchoolThe Quest for the Historical Jesus: David Friedrich Strauss; What E.B. Tylor and Max Müller Learned from the Biblical Critics; References; Further Reading; PART II: Classic Nineteenth-Century Theorists of the Study of Religion; 4 Max Müller, the Comparative Study of Religion, and the Search for Other Bibles in India; Max Müller in the Center of a Whirlwind; The Bible and Beyond; Müller's Theological Liberalism and Comparison of Religions; The Discovery of the East-West Link in Sanskrit Max Müller's "Romantic" Comparativism and Western ImperialismThe Search for Germany's National Soul in India ... of All Places; German Unity via Hindu Myth; What Max Müller Can Teach Us about Studying Religion; References; Further Reading; 5 The Shock of the "Savage"; Mr. Tylor and His Science; Animism as the True Natural Religion and First Attempts at Science; 1859 and All That: The Discovery of the European "Primitive"; The Caves and Their Religion; Does Religious or Cultural Evolution Make Sense?; We Have Met the Primitives, and "They" Are "Us"; References; Further Reading 6 The Religion of the Bible EvolvesThe Religion of the Bible and Its Problems; The Great Renown and Short Heretical Life of William Robertson Smith; Abdullah Effendi Smith of Arabia; Robertson Smith's "Arabian Revolution" in the Study of Religion; Robertson Smith and Higher Criticism: Wellhausen, Comparison, and Context; Smith's Lectures on the Religion of the Semites; Robertson Smith Can Still Teach Us a Lot; References; Further Reading; 7 Setting the Eternal Templates of Salvation; The Long Life and Great Renown of Sir James Frazer; How Did We Get from "There" to "Here" ... Again? Featuring comprehensive updates and additions, the second edition of Understanding Theories of Religion explores the development of major theories of religion through the works of classic and contemporary figures. A new edition of this introductory text exploring the core methods and theorists in religion, spanning the sixteenth-century through to the latest theoretical trends Features an entirely new section covering religion and postmodernism; race, sex, and gender; and religion and postcolonialism Examines the development of religious theories through the work of classic and contempor |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. - From Magic to Religion to Technology, Not Science |
| ISBN: | 1444330845 |