Strenski, Ivan
Thinking About Religion: A Reader
- ISBN 13:
- 9781405121675
- author:
- Strenski, Ivan
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Wiley-VCH
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Pages:
- 268
- Dimensions:
- 173mm X 243mm
- Genre:
- Religion & Beliefs
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Thinking About Religion A Reader by Ivan Strenski provides a comprehensive collection of pivotal theorists and theories of religion, alongside cutting-edge criticism from leading contemporary scholars. This vibrant resource offers a balanced understanding of the diverse methods, theories, and theorists involved in the historical development of the study of religion. Ideal for introductory students of religious studies, this book creates a useful mix of classic and contemporary responses to issues in the subject, tracing the major historical and methodological development of the study of religion in the modern West. It features primary theorists such as Cherbury, Durkheim, Eliade, Frazer, Freud, Hume, Brede Kristensen, Malinowski, Max Müller, Ninian Smart, Robertson Smith, Spinoza, Tylor, and Weber, alongside contemporary contributors including Winston Davis, Sidney Hook, Robert Alun Jones, Karl Menninger, Sam Preus, Philip Rieff, Robert Segal, Georges Sorel, George Stocking, and William Dwight Whitney.
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