Eight Theories of Religion: 2nd edition

Eight Theories of Religion offers summary, analysis, and appraisal of a number of landmark modern efforts to explain the origin and function of religion. Beginning in the middle decades of the nineteenth century, it considers the Victorian anthropology of E.B. Tylor and James Frazer, the »reductionist» social science of Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx, the non-reductionist approaches of Max Weber and Mircea Eliade, and the alternatice paradigms that have arisen from the fieldwork of E.E. Evans-Pritchard and the interpretive sociology of Clifford Geertz. The book is ideal for use as a supplementary text in introductory religion courses or as the main text in theory and sociology of religion courses. 1. Animism and Magic; E.B. Tylor and J.G. Frazer 2. Religion and Personality; Sigmund Freud 3. Society as Sacred; Emile Durkheim 4. Religion as Alienation; Karl Marx 5. A Source of Social Action; Max Weber 6. The Reality of the Sacred; Mircea Eliade 7. Society's Construct of the Heart; E.E. Evans-Pritchard 8. Religion as Cultural System; Clifford Geertz 9. Conclusion Index [Språk: Engelska] Häftad

Titel: Eight Theories of Religion: 2nd edition
Förlag: Oxford