ID - 1873850 TI - Patterns of thought in Africa and the West : essays on magic, religion, and science PY - 1993 SN - 0521360870 0521369266 1139166239 9780521369268 9781139166232 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Ethnology. Cultural anthropology KW - Africa KW - Knowledge, Sociology of KW - Religion KW - Religion and science KW - Sociologie de la connaissance KW - Religion et sciences KW - Knowledge, Sociology of. KW - Religion and science. KW - #SBIB:39A10 KW - #SBIB:39A73 KW - #SBIB:1H30 KW - 316.7 KW - 316.75:001 KW - 316:2 KW - Christianity and science KW - Geology KW - Geology and religion KW - Science KW - Science and religion KW - Knowledge, Theory of (Sociology) KW - Sociology of knowledge KW - Communication KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Public opinion KW - Sociology KW - Social epistemology KW - Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij KW - Etnografie: Afrika KW - Filosofie van de mens, wijsgerige antropologie KW - Cultuursociologie --(algemeen) KW - Wetenschapssociologie KW - Godsdienstsociologie KW - Religious aspects KW - Religion. KW - 316:2 Godsdienstsociologie KW - 316.75:001 Wetenschapssociologie KW - 316.7 Cultuursociologie --(algemeen) KW - Social Sciences KW - Anthropology KW - Religion, Primitive KW - Atheism KW - Irreligion KW - Religions KW - Theology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1873850 AB - Robin Horton's critical and creative writings on African religious thought have influenced anthropologists, philosophers, and all those interested in the comparative study of religion and thought. This selection of some of his classic papers, with a new introduction and postscript by the author, traces Horton's theoretical ideas over thirty years. In attempting to understand African religious thought, he also tackles broader issues in the history and sociology of thought, such as secularisation and modernisation. Part I is a critical assessment of two established interpretive approaches, the Symbolist and the Theological. Part II proposes an alternative 'Intellectualist' approach that emphasises the structural and processual similarities between religious and scientific thinking. The postscript appraises the Intellectualist approach in the light of theorising about religion and world views. ER -