Theories Of Religion

Author : Ivan Strenski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444330845
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Theories of Religion written by Ivan Strenski and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 contemporary figures from the history of anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology • Reveals how the study of religion evolved in response to great cultural conflicts and major historical events • Student-friendly features include chapter introductions and summaries, biographical vignettes, a timeline, a glossary, and many other learning aids

Author : Daniel L. Pals
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eight Theories of Religion written by Daniel L. Pals and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do human beings believe in divinities? Why do some seek eternal life, while others seek escape from recurring lives? Why do the beliefs and behaviors we typically call "religious" so deeply affect the human personality and so subtly weave their way through human society? Revised and updated in this second edition, Eight Theories of Religion considers how these fundamental questions have engaged the most important thinkers of the modern era. Accessible, systematic, and succinct, the text examines the classic interpretations of religion advanced by theorists who have left a major imprint on the intellectual culture of the twentieth century. The second edition features a new chapter on Max Weber, a revised introduction, and a revised, expanded conclusion that traces the paths of further inquiry and interpretation traveled by theorists in the most recent decades. Eight Theories of Religion, Second Edition, begins with Edward Burnett Tylor and James Frazer--two Victorian pioneers in anthropology and the comparative study of religion. It then considers the great "reductionist" approaches of Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx, all of whom have exercised wide influence up to the present day. The discussion goes on to examine the leading challenges to reductionism as articulated by sociologist Max Weber (new to this edition) and Romanian-American comparativist Mircea Eliade. Finally, it explores the newer methods and ideas arising from the African field studies of ethnographer E. E. Evans-Pritchard and the interpretive anthropology of Clifford Geertz. Each chapter offers biographical background, theoretical exposition, conceptual analysis, and critical assessment. This common format allows for close comparison and careful evaluation throughout. Ideal for use as a supplementary text in introductory religion courses or as the central text in sociology of religion and courses centered on the explanation and interpretation of religion, Eight Theories of Religion, Second Edition, offers an illuminating treatment of this controversial and fascinating subject.

Author : Daniel Pals
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190935085
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ten Theories of Religion written by Daniel Pals and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do human beings believe in divinities? Why do some seek eternal life, while others seek escape from recurring lives? Why do the beliefs and behaviors we typically call religious so deeply affect the human personality and so subtly weave their way through human society? Ideal as a supplementary text in introductory religion courses or as the main text in theory and method in religious studies or in sociology of religion courses, Ten Theories of Religion, Fourth Edition, offers an illuminating treatment of this controversial and fascinating subject.

Author : Michael Stausberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134041489
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Theories of Religion written by Michael Stausberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in theories of religion has never been greater. Scholars debate single theoretical approaches in different scholarly journals, while the ‘new atheists’ such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett criticize the whole idea of religion. For everyone eager to understand the current state of the field, Contemporary Theories of Religion surveys the neglected landscape in its totality. Michael Stausberg brings together leading scholars of the field to review and discuss seventeen contemporary theories of religion. As well as scholars of religion, it features anthropologists, archaeologists, classicists, evolutionary biologists, philosophers and sociologists. Each chapter provides students with background information on the theoretician, a presentation of the theory’s basic principles, an analysis of basic assumptions, and a review of previous critiques. Concluding with a section entitled 'Back and Forth', Stausberg compares the different theories and points to further avenues of discussion for the future.

Author : Daniel L. Pals
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195087246
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Theories of Religion written by Daniel L. Pals and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical study of the role of religion in human life and culture brings together seven divergent views by such philosophers as Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, James Frazer, Mircea Eliade, E. E. Evans-Prichard, Clifford Geertz, and E. B. Tylor. UP.

Author : Seth Daniel Kunin
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813539652
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theories of Religion written by Seth Daniel Kunin and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive selection of readings that relate to and explore the definition of religion. The texts come from a wide range of approaches, unified both by the questions they are addressing and their broadly social scientific perspective. The disciplines covered include anthropology, phenomenology, psychology and sociology. The editors have also included some key texts relating to the feminist approach to and critique of religion. The first section of the book includes some of the foundational texts, such as materials by Marx, Freud, and Durkheim. The remaining sections look at more recent discussions of the issues from the different disciplinary perspectives. Each reading is introduced by a biographical sketch of the author. The book also includes introductory discussions to each section that both raise the key issues developed in a particular discipline and address the disciplinary approaches from a more critical stance. Theories of Religion: A Reader is an invaluable critical resource, accessible to a broad audience as well as students of theology and religious studies.

Author : James Thrower
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion written by James Thrower and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Why theories of religion?" After raising and answering this question the author begins his examination of theories of religion by first looking at the explanations given by religious believers (Revelation and Religious Experience). He then considers the view of thinkers who have sought to transform religion into philosophy (Plato, Kant and Hegel), before reviewing the theories of those who have seen religion as arising out of errors in primitive thinking (Tyler, Frazer and Levy-Bruhl) and those 'masters of suspicion', as Paul Ricoeur has called them, (Feuerbach, Nietzsche, Marx and Freud) who offered what they believed to be exhaustive psychological and sociological theories of the origin and nature of religion. In the course of his discussion the author also engages with many contemporary thinkers whose discussions of religion have been based on these classical accounts."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Seth Daniel Kunin
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801877278
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion written by Seth Daniel Kunin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of the twentieth century, the way we understand the religious experience has been transformed. Various thinkers and intellectual approaches have shaped the ways in which scholars examine rituals, symbols, and belief systems. In."

Author : Clement Charles Julian Webb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Group Theories of Religion and the Individual written by Clement Charles Julian Webb and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tim Jensen
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN 13 : 9788772895727
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secular Theories on Religion written by Tim Jensen and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars of religious studies from Europe and North America explore what a secular, or scientific, study of religion should be like, what methods it should apply, what aims, and what kind of scientific thinking should be pursued. They also consider scholars as public intellectuals operating within and influenced by general societal developments. The 18 essays provide a survey of current thinking in the field. Distributed in the US by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.