RELIGION : The modern theories
Pocketbok.
Nära nyskick. Edinburgh University Press, 2003, 240 pp., paperback. A comprehensive and approachable introduction to social scientific theories of religion as they have developed in the twentieth century. In the first section the groundwork is laid for the theories developed in the twentieth century, introducing the significant thinkers who have established some of the main avenues of discussion including Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Freud, Jung, and Otto. The second section introduces the main approaches of the social scientific disciplines that study religion: sociological, psychological, phenomenological, feminist and anthropological. The third section puts religion under the microscope, examining constituent elements such as ritual, symbolism and myth.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 0748615229
- Titel
- Religion - the modern theories
- Författare
- Seth Daniel Kunin
- Förlag
- Edinburgh University Press
- Utgivningsår
- 2003
- Omfång
- 240 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Mått
- 156 x 234 mm
- Vikt
- 364 g
- Språk
- Svenska
