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Nine theories of religion / Daniel L. Pals.

By: Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]Edition: Third EditionDescription: ix, 374 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199859092
  • 0199859094
Uniform titles:
  • Seven theories of religion.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 200.7 23
LOC classification:
  • BL41 .P36 2015
  • BL41 .P36 2015
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. Animism and magic / E.B. Tylor and J.G. Frazer -- 2. Religion and personality / Signumd 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. Conclusion.

Revised edition of: Eight theories of religion. 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. Animism and magic / E.B. Tylor and J.G. Frazer -- 2. Religion and personality / Signumd 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. Conclusion.

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