Nine Theories of Religion

• Author : Daniel Pals
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release : 08 September 2014

Nine Theories of Religion, third edition, considers nine of the most important religious theories that have been put forward since the scientific approach to religion first caught the imagination of nineteenth century scholars. In each case, the theory is presented by discussing the background of its major spokesman, discussing key ideas as they are presented in text, noticing its distinctive features in comparison with other theories, and recording the main objections raised by its critics.

• Author : Theodore J. Lewis
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release : 09 May 2021

Few topics are as broad or as daunting as the God of Israel, that deity of the world's three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, who has been worshiped over millennia. In the Hebrew Bible, God is characterized variously as militant, beneficent, inscrutable, loving, and judicious. Who is this divinity that has been represented as masculine and feminine, mythic and real, transcendent and intimate? The Origin and Character of God is Theodore J. Lewis's monumental study of the vast subject

• Author : Thomas A. Tweed
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release : 09 May 2021

Religion plays a central role in human experience. Billions of people around the world practice a faith and act in accordance with it. Religion shapes how they enter the world and how they leave it - how they eat, dress, marry, and raise their children. It affects law, economy, and government. It sanctifies injustice and combats it. Beginning with the first signs of religion among ancient humans and concluding with a look at modern citizens and contemporary trends,leading scholar

• Author : Nickolas Roubekas
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 08 December 2016

An Ancient Theory of Religion examines a theory of religion put forward by Euhemerus of Messene (late 4th—early 3rd century BCE) in his lost work Sacred Inscription, and shows not only how and why euhemerism came about but also how it was— and still is—used. By studying the utilization of the theory in different periods—from the Graeco-Roman world to Late Antiquity, and from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century—this book explores the reception of the theory

• Author : Claire White
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 15 March 2021

In recent decades, a new scientific approach to understand, explain, and predict many features of religion has emerged. The cognitive science of religion (CSR) has amassed research on the forces that shape the tendency for humans to be religious and on what forms belief takes. It suggests that religion, like language or music, naturally emerges in humans with tractable similarities. This new approach has profound implications for how we understand religion, including why it appears so easily, and why people

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 09 May 1971

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 09 May 1999

• Author : Carl Olson
• Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Release : 09 May 2021

This anthology provides students with a useful collection of theoretical essays concerning the nature of religion and the methodological means by which scholars analytically approach the subject. Organized in a point/counterpoint fashion, this volume will foster in-class discussion and the honing of a student's own critical perspectives.

• Author : University of California (System). Institute of Library Research,University of California, Berkeley. Library
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 09 May 1972

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 09 May 1995

• Author : Mircea Eliade
• Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
• Release : 09 May 1987

A comprehensive guide to the history, beliefs, concepts, practices, and major figures of religions past and present.

• Author : Gregory Baum
• Publisher : New York : Seabury Press
• Release : 09 May 1980

Nine authors from different disciplines appraise the major sociological theories of today while examining the visions of society of such influential theorists as George Herbert Mead, Talcott Parsons, Robert Bellah and Peter Berger

• Author : Joseph Abdul Bulbulia
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 09 May 2021

The Evolution of Religion is a unique transdisciplinary volume that gathers the latest research, debates, and programmatic visions of scholars studying religion from an evolutionary perspective. Anyone interested in the relationship of evolutionary science to religion will find insight and inspiration in this striking collection of fifty short essays from a diverse group of renowned international scolars. Here, God meets Darwin, and the conversation that ensues provides fascinating reading for those seeking to make sense of religion's place in nature.

• Author : Serinity Young
• Publisher : Macmillan Library Reference
• Release : 09 May 1999

"In spite of the sexism that has denied women full active status in their religions, the editor calls this title a "celebration" of the scholarship of recent years. In order to offer a global perspective, contributions were sought from non-Western as well as Western scholars for the 600 signed articles. Entries encompass individual religions and their variations, biographies, movements, issues, and the relationship of religion to the study of art, literature, and science. While broadest coverage is given to the major

• Author : Louis J. Hammann
• Publisher : University Press of Amer
• Release : 09 May 1998

Religion and Mythology exposes a new approach to religion and mythology that demonstrates a much greater compatibility than is generally accepted. Rather than accepting religion as essentially truth and myth as essentially false, it proposes that myths are married to all religious traditions. The author defines myths as "an imaginative response to experience that yields a certain kind of knowledge." Myths demonstrate relationships that connect the human spirit to the community and deepen the experience of the world through nature.