{"product_id":"understanding-theories-of-religion-an-introduction-paperback-softback-9781444330847","title":"Understanding Theories of Religion; An Introduction (Paperback \/ softback) 9781444330847","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnderstanding Theories of Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinding (or twisting) a red thread, linking pre-modern, modern, and, with this revised second edition, also post-modern thinking and theories of religion, is no easy task. Especially, if you also aim at a more nuanced understanding, by way of historicizing and contextualizing thinkers and theories. It takes comprehensive knowledge as well as a personal ‘vision’ of the discipline and field. Strenski has both. This book, therefore, is an excellent choice for scholars looking for a textbook for courses on the history and theories of the academic study of religions. Students are in need of both a red thread and a personal take when it comes to the introduction into the history and theories of the scientific study of religions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTim Jensen, University of Southern Denmark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIvan Strenski (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444330847, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 March 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17 x 1.4 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• 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\u003cbr\u003e • Features an entirely new section covering religion and postmodernism; race, sex, and gender; and religion and postcolonialism\u003cbr\u003e • Examines the development of religious theories through the work of classic and contemporary figures from the history of anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology\u003cbr\u003e • Reveals how the study of religion evolved in response to great cultural conflicts and major historical events\u003cbr\u003e • Student-friendly features include chapter introductions and summaries, biographical vignettes, a timeline, a glossary, and many other learning aids\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition: Understanding, Instead of Just Thinking vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Understanding Theories of Religion is Better than Just Being Critical 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Prehistory of the Study of Religion: Responses to an Expanding World 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Jean Bodin and Herbert of Cherbury: True Religion, Essential Religion, and Natural Religion 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Understanding Religion Also Began with Trying to Understand the Bible 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Classic Nineteenth-Century Theorists of the Study of Religion: The Quest for the Origins of Religion in History 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Max Müller, the Comparative Study of Religion, and the Search for Other Bibles in India 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Shock of the “Savage”: Edward Burnett Tylor, Evolution, and Spirits 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Religion of the Bible Evolves: William Robertson Smith 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Setting the Eternal Templates of Salvation: James Frazer 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Classic Twentieth-Century Theorists of the Study of Religion: Defending the Inner Sanctum of Religious Experience or Storming It 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Understanding How to Understand Religion: “Phenomenology of Religion” 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 How Religious Experience Created Capitalism: Max Weber 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Tales from the Underground: Freud and the Psychoanalytic Origins of Religion 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Bronislaw Malinowski and the “Sublime Folly” of Religion 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Seeing God with the Social Eye: Durkheim’s Religious Sociology 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Mircea Eliade: Turning Back the “Worm of Doubt” 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Liberation and Post-Modernism: Race, Gender, Post-Colonialism, the Discourse on Power 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 From Modernism to Post-Modernism: Mostly Michel Foucault 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Theorizing Religion with Race in Mind: Prophecy or Curiosity? 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Sex\/Gender and Women: Feminists Theorizing Religion 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Another “Otherness”: Post-Colonial Theories of Religion 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Conclusion: Being “Smart” about Bringing “Religion” Back In 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 254\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173688832280,"sku":"9781444330847","price":28.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781444330847.jpg?v=1781167132","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/understanding-theories-of-religion-an-introduction-paperback-softback-9781444330847","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}