Description
Featuring comprehensive updates and additions, the second edition of Understanding Theories of Religion explores the development of major theories of religion through the works of classic and contemporary figures.
- A new edition of this introductory text exploring the core methods and theorists in religion, spanning the sixteenth-century through to the latest theoretical trends
- Features an entirely new section covering religion and postmodernism; race, sex, and gender; and religion and postcolonialism
- Examines the development of religious theories through the work of classic and contemporary figures from the history of anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology
- Reveals how the study of religion evolved in response to great cultural conflicts and major historical events
- Student-friendly features include chapter introductions and summaries, biographical vignettes, a timeline, a glossary, and many other learning aids
Author: Ivan Strenski
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 03/30/2015
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781444330847
ISBN10: 1444330845
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Psychology of Religion
- Religion | Education
- Religion | Reference
About the Author
Ivan Strenski is Holstein Family and Community Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside, USA. He served as North American editor-in-chief of the international journal Religion from 1979 to 2004, and is the author of numerous books, including Why Politics Can't Be Freed from Religion (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), Émile Durkheim (ed. 2009), The New Durkheim: Essays on Philosophy, Religious Identity and the Politics of Knowledge (2006), Thinking about Religion: A Reader (ed., Wiley-Blackwell, 2006), Theology and the First Theory of Sacrifice (2003), and Contesting Sacrifice: Religion, Nationalism and Social Thought (2002).