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Aesthetics and analysis in writing on religion : modern fascinations / Daniel Gold.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.Description: 1 online resource (x, 304 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780520929517
  • 0520929519
  • 058546782X
  • 9780585467825
  • 9780520236134
  • 0520236130
  • 9780520236141
  • 0520236149
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Aesthetics and analysis in writing on religion.DDC classification:
  • 200/.7/2 22
LOC classification:
  • BL41 .G65 2003eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Modern Dilemmas in Writing on Religion; Part One: Ambivalent Feelings; 1. Fascinated Scientists and Empathizing Theologians; 2. Finding Middle Grounds; Part Two: The Art of Writing on Religion; 3. A Creative Process; 4. Other Scholars' UFOs; 5. The Religiohistorical Sublime; Part Three: Two Truths; 6. Relating Stories about Religious Traditions; 7. Aesthetic Objects and Objective Knowledge; Part Four: Working Together; 8. Interpreting Anew and Alone: Vision and Succession in Dutch Phenomenology; 9. Explaining Together: The Excitement of Diffusionist Ideas.
Summary: Addressing a fundamental dilemma in religious studies, this text explores the tension between humanistic and social scientific approaches to thinking and writing about religion. Daniel Gold develops a line of argument that begins with the aesthetics of academic writing in the field.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index.

Addressing a fundamental dilemma in religious studies, this text explores the tension between humanistic and social scientific approaches to thinking and writing about religion. Daniel Gold develops a line of argument that begins with the aesthetics of academic writing in the field.

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Acknowledgments; Introduction: Modern Dilemmas in Writing on Religion; Part One: Ambivalent Feelings; 1. Fascinated Scientists and Empathizing Theologians; 2. Finding Middle Grounds; Part Two: The Art of Writing on Religion; 3. A Creative Process; 4. Other Scholars' UFOs; 5. The Religiohistorical Sublime; Part Three: Two Truths; 6. Relating Stories about Religious Traditions; 7. Aesthetic Objects and Objective Knowledge; Part Four: Working Together; 8. Interpreting Anew and Alone: Vision and Succession in Dutch Phenomenology; 9. Explaining Together: The Excitement of Diffusionist Ideas.