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The phenomenon of religion : A thematic approach

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Publication details: Oxford Oneworld 1999Description: 626pISBN:
  • 9781851681617
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200.000000 MOM
Contents:
Table of contents Part 1 Understanding religion: the concept of religion; religion East and West - a general survey; theories of religion. Part 2 The religious experience and its expression: the phenomenon of religious experience; pathways to religious experience; faith, belief and conversion; towards a scientific understanding of religious experience. Part 3 Conceptual aspects of religion: the nature of reality; suffering, sacrifice and salvation; the promise of future saviour; archetype, mythand the sacred. Part 4 Religion in society: comparative religious history; religion and ethics; liberalism and fundamentalism; official religion and popular religion; religion, power and government; religion and gender; religion and art; religion in the modern world.
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Table of contents
Part 1 Understanding religion: the concept of religion;
religion East and West - a general survey;
theories of religion. Part 2 The religious experience and its expression: the phenomenon of religious experience; pathways to religious experience;
faith, belief and conversion;
towards a scientific understanding of religious experience. Part 3 Conceptual aspects of religion: the nature of reality;
suffering, sacrifice and salvation;
the promise of future saviour;
archetype, mythand the sacred. Part 4 Religion in society: comparative religious history;
religion and ethics;
liberalism and fundamentalism;
official religion and popular religion;
religion, power and government;
religion and gender;
religion and art;
religion in the modern world.