Ten Theories of Religion

4. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-19-093508-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 212 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Why do human beings believe in divinities? Why do some seek eternal life, while others seek escape from recurring lives? Why do the beliefs and behaviors we typically call “religious” so deeply affect the human personality and so subtly weave their way through human society?
Ideal as a supplementary text in introductory religion courses or as the main text in theory and method in religious studies or in sociology of religion courses, Ten Theories of Religion, Fourth Edition, offers an illuminating treatment of this controversial and fascinating subject.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pals, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- Introduction

- 1 Animism and Magic: E.B. Tylor and J. G. Frazer

- 2 Religion and Personality: Sigmund Freud

- 3 Society as Sacred: Émile Durkheim

- 4 Religion as Alienation: Karl Marx

- 5 A Source of Social Action: Max Weber

- 6 The Verdict of Religious Experience: William James

- 7 The Reality of the Sacred: Mircea Eliade

- 8 Society's “Construct of the Heart”: E. E. Evans-Pritchard

- 9 Religion as Cultural System: Clifford Geertz

- 10 Sexism and the Sacred: Mary Daly

- Conclusion

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel L. Pals is Professor of Religious Studies and History at University of Miami. He is the author of Introducing Religion: Readings from the Classic Theorists (OUP, 2008).