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Religion : The Modern Theories / Seth Kunin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748615216
  • 9781474469951
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I Setting the Agenda -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Karl Marx and Cultural Materialism -- CHAPTER 2 Emile Durkheim and Functionalism -- CHAPTER 3 Max Weber -- CHAPTER 4 Sigmund Freud and the Psychological Tradition -- CHAPTER 5 Rudolf Otto: The Idea of the Holy -- PART II Continuing the Discussion -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 6 Sociology, Methodological Atheism and Secularisation -- CHAPTER 7 Psychological Approaches -- CHAPTER 8 Phenomenology and the History of Religion -- CHAPTER 9 Feminism, Gender and Religion -- CHAPTER 10 Anthropological Approaches to Religion -- CHAPTER 11 Some Final Words -- PART III Taking the Discussion in Different Directions -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 12 Ritual -- CHAPTER 13 Symbolism -- CHAPTER 14 Myth -- CHAPTER 15 Last Words -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615223);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.Throughout the author shows that theories and definitions need to be questioned and problematised, and concludes with suggestions for how new definitions of religion might be framed to provide more culturally sensitive and open-ended ways of understanding.The introduction of key issues and thinkers in modern theories of religion make this an ideal text for all Religious Studies students.Selling Points:includes the four main modern approaches to religion - anthropological, sociological, psychological and feministeach chapter includes an ethnographic case study to exemplify the issues raisedcovers key themes such as symbolism, myth, ritual, theories of embodiment, identity, boundaries, Marxism, Feminism, ethnicity, science, and New Religious Movements"
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I Setting the Agenda -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Karl Marx and Cultural Materialism -- CHAPTER 2 Emile Durkheim and Functionalism -- CHAPTER 3 Max Weber -- CHAPTER 4 Sigmund Freud and the Psychological Tradition -- CHAPTER 5 Rudolf Otto: The Idea of the Holy -- PART II Continuing the Discussion -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 6 Sociology, Methodological Atheism and Secularisation -- CHAPTER 7 Psychological Approaches -- CHAPTER 8 Phenomenology and the History of Religion -- CHAPTER 9 Feminism, Gender and Religion -- CHAPTER 10 Anthropological Approaches to Religion -- CHAPTER 11 Some Final Words -- PART III Taking the Discussion in Different Directions -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 12 Ritual -- CHAPTER 13 Symbolism -- CHAPTER 14 Myth -- CHAPTER 15 Last Words -- Bibliography -- Index

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615223);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.Throughout the author shows that theories and definitions need to be questioned and problematised, and concludes with suggestions for how new definitions of religion might be framed to provide more culturally sensitive and open-ended ways of understanding.The introduction of key issues and thinkers in modern theories of religion make this an ideal text for all Religious Studies students.Selling Points:includes the four main modern approaches to religion - anthropological, sociological, psychological and feministeach chapter includes an ethnographic case study to exemplify the issues raisedcovers key themes such as symbolism, myth, ritual, theories of embodiment, identity, boundaries, Marxism, Feminism, ethnicity, science, and New Religious Movements"

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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