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world religions --- religious history --- comparative study of religion

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Matching pivotal theorists and theories of religion alongside cutting-edge criticism from a team of leading contemporary scholars, this vibrant collection enables students to gain a balanced understanding of the diverse methods, theories, and theorists involved in the historical and methodological development of the study of religion. It can be used alongside Ivan Strenski's textbook, Thinking about Religion: An Historical Introduction to Theories of Religion, to offer a complete resource for introductory students of religious studies.Creates a useful mix of classic and contemporary responses to issues in the study of religion, ideal for those coming to the subject for the first time.Traces the major historical and methodological development of the study of religion in the modern West, enabling students to gain a balanced understanding of the diverse methods, theories, and theorists involved.Primary theorists featured include Cherbury, Durkheim, Eliade, Frazer, Freud, Hume, Brede Kristensen, Malinowski, Max Müller, Ninian Smart, Robertson Smith, Spinoza, Tylor, and Weber.Contemporary contributors include Winston Davis, Sidney Hook, Robert Alun Jones, Karl Menninger, Sam Preus, Philip Rieff, Robert Segal, Georges Sorel, George Stocking, and William Dwight Whitney.

Religious studies --- Religion. --- 291 --- Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend --- Religion --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- God --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- study of religion --- theories of religion --- methods in the study of religion --- methodology --- theorists

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Philosophical anthropology --- Religious studies --- Religion --- Study and teaching --- History --- History. --- Etude et enseignement --- Histoire --- 291 --- Religion, Primitive --- Study and teaching&delete& --- Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend --- Atheism --- God --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Religion - Study and teaching - History --- Hegel, Marx, Tylor, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber and Freud --- the nature and significance of religion --- historical and cultural context of religion --- comparative study of religion --- anthropology and social sciences

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Religions. --- Religion - Study and teaching. --- Religions --- Religion --- Study and teaching. --- religious studies --- history --- structures --- leading figure --- key issues --- Western Europe --- Eastern Europe --- North Africa --- West Asia --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- South Asia --- Southeast Asia --- Continental East Asia --- Japan --- Australia --- New Zealand --- Pacific Islands --- North America --- Latin America --- communities of religous scholars --- technology of religious studies --- Study methods --- theories --- institutionalization of the study of religion

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United States --- Religion --- religion --- America --- religious groups --- the academic study of religion