Studying Religion: An Introduction
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: what is the study of religion? -- Example: 'but not specifically defined' -- Chapter 1: What's in a name? -- Example: fruit or ve...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton
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2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: McCutcheon, Russell T: Studying Religion : An Introduction. - Milton : Routledge,c2018. - 9780815353621 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: what is the study of religion? -- Example: 'but not specifically defined' -- Chapter 1: What's in a name? -- Example: fruit or vegetable? -- Summary of vocabulary -- Summary of scholars -- Chapter 2: The history of 'religion' -- Example: 'religion' on the colonial frontier -- Summary of vocabulary -- Summary of scholars -- Chapter 3: The essentials of religion -- Criticisms -- Example: 'he's your father!' -- Summary of vocabulary -- Summary of scholars -- Chapter 4: The functions of religion -- Criticisms -- Example: 'people started to come to her for healing' -- Summary of vocabulary -- Summary of scholars -- Chapter 5: The resemblances among religions -- Criticisms -- Example: 'not an easy task' -- Summary of vocabulary -- Summary of scholars -- Chapter 6: The public discourse on religion -- Example: public Muslim cemeteries in France -- Summary of vocabulary -- Summary of scholars -- Chapter 7: Religion and the insider/outsider problem -- Example: under the academic microscope -- Summary of vocabulary -- Summary of scholars -- Chapter 8: Religion and classification -- Example: the world religions paradigm -- Summary of vocabulary -- Summary of scholars -- Afterword -- The necessary lie: duplicity in the disciplines -- The white lie -- Disciplinary lying -- Honesty is the best pedagogy -- Glossary -- Scholars -- William E. Arnal -- Talal Asad -- Catherine Bell (1953-2008) -- Pascal Boyer -- Willi Braun -- Wendy Doniger -- Mary Douglas (1921-2007) -- Daniel Dubuisson -- Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) -- Diana L. Eck -- Mircea Eliade (1907-86) -- James G. Frazer (1854-1941) -- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) -- Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) -- Eddie S. Glaude -- David Hume (1711-76) William James (1842-1910) -- Kim Knott -- Bruce Lincoln -- Burton L. Mack -- Martin Marty -- Karl Marx (1818-83) -- Tomoko Masuzawa -- F. Max Müller (1823-1900) -- Rudolf Otto (1869-1937) -- Hans Penner (1934-2012) -- Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) -- Ninian Smart (1927-2001) -- Huston Smith (1919-2016) -- Jonathan Z. Smith (1938-2017) -- Wilfred Cantwell Smith (1916-2000) -- Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) -- Rodney Stark -- Paul Tillich (1886-1965) -- Edward Burnett Tylor (1832-1917) -- Gerardus van der Leeuw (1890-1950) -- Max Weber (1864-1920) -- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) -- Linda Woodhead -- References -- Resources -- General works on the academic study of religion -- Web resources -- Professional associations in the study of religion -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 1351112066 |