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Religion and Magic / Graham Cunningham.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1999Description: 1 online resource (128 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748610136
  • 9780585197258
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 German pioneers -- 2 Early intellectualist approaches -- 3 Emotionalist approaches -- 4 Phenomenological approaches -- 5 Structural-functional approaches -- 6 Symbolic approaches -- 7 Recent intellectualist approaches -- 8 Structural approaches -- 9 Cognitive approaches -- 10 Feminist approaches -- Afterword: Secularisation assessed -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: This book is a survey summarising the approaches taken to religion and magic by the principal scholars in the preceding and present centuries. It is simple, straightforward and short, with a clear, easy-to-read style. It is the perfect reference tool for students, introducing them to the main theories and debates in a readable and informative manner.Key Features Prepares student for more complex texts on Religious Studies and the idea of religion Addresses contemporary as well as historical ideas and figures Includes contextual details on scholarsOver forty individuals covered including: Hegel, Marx, Engels, Weber, Frazer, Freud, Jung, Durkheim, Levy-Bruhl, Skorupski, Levi-Strauss, Lawson, McCauley
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 German pioneers -- 2 Early intellectualist approaches -- 3 Emotionalist approaches -- 4 Phenomenological approaches -- 5 Structural-functional approaches -- 6 Symbolic approaches -- 7 Recent intellectualist approaches -- 8 Structural approaches -- 9 Cognitive approaches -- 10 Feminist approaches -- Afterword: Secularisation assessed -- Bibliography -- Index

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This book is a survey summarising the approaches taken to religion and magic by the principal scholars in the preceding and present centuries. It is simple, straightforward and short, with a clear, easy-to-read style. It is the perfect reference tool for students, introducing them to the main theories and debates in a readable and informative manner.Key Features Prepares student for more complex texts on Religious Studies and the idea of religion Addresses contemporary as well as historical ideas and figures Includes contextual details on scholarsOver forty individuals covered including: Hegel, Marx, Engels, Weber, Frazer, Freud, Jung, Durkheim, Levy-Bruhl, Skorupski, Levi-Strauss, Lawson, McCauley

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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