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Author : International Association for the History of Religions. Congress
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Religion written by International Association for the History of Religions. Congress and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : International Association for the History of Religions. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Religion written by International Association for the History of Religions. Congress and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ninian Smart
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349001147
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Phenomenon of Religion written by Ninian Smart and published by Springer. This book was released on 1973-06-18 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The philosophy of religion is one of several very active branches of philosophy today, and the present series is designed both to consolidate the gains of the past and to direct attention upon the problems of the future. Between them these volumes will cover every aspect of the subject, introducing it to the reader in the state in which it is today, including its open ends and growing points. Thus the series is designed to be used as a comprehensive textbook for students. But it is also offered as a contribution to present-day discussion; and each author will accordingly go beyond the scope of an introduction to formulate his own position in the light of contemporary debates.
Author : Moojan Momen
Publisher : One World (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Phenomenon of Religion written by Moojan Momen and published by One World (UK). This book was released on 1999 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an innovative, thematic presentation of the role of religion in human society, from traditional cultures to the modern world. This comprehensive account covers all the major traditions, features nearly 400 illustrations, and is accompanied by maps, timelines, a glossary, full explanatory notes, and an extensive bibliography.
Author : Sarah Appleton-Weber
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1802071350
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Human Phenomenon written by Sarah Appleton-Weber and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, Teilhard guides the reader back in space-time to experience the birth of our planet as it emprisons the human future in its globe and motion, then forward, through the emergence of life and the birth of thought and socialization.
Author : Robert N. Bellah
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674252934
Total Pages : 777 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Religion in Human Evolution written by Robert N. Bellah and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice An ABC Australia Best Book on Religion and Ethics of the Year Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Association Religion in Human Evolution is a work of extraordinary ambition—a wide-ranging, nuanced probing of our biological past to discover the kinds of lives that human beings have most often imagined were worth living. It offers what is frequently seen as a forbidden theory of the origin of religion that goes deep into evolution, especially but not exclusively cultural evolution. “Of Bellah’s brilliance there can be no doubt. The sheer amount this man knows about religion is otherworldly...Bellah stands in the tradition of such stalwarts of the sociological imagination as Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. Only one word is appropriate to characterize this book’s subject as well as its substance, and that is ‘magisterial.’” —Alan Wolfe, New York Times Book Review “Religion in Human Evolution is a magnum opus founded on careful research and immersed in the ‘reflective judgment’ of one of our best thinkers and writers.” —Richard L. Wood, Commonweal
Author : Daniel C. Dennett
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110121886X
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Breaking the Spell written by Daniel C. Dennett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-02-02 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller – a “crystal-clear, constantly engaging” (Jared Diamond) exploration of the role that religious belief plays in our lives and our interactions For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why—and how—it has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a moral life? Ranging through biology, history, and psychology, Daniel C. Dennett charts religion’s evolution from “wild” folk belief to “domesticated” dogma. Not an antireligious screed but an unblinking look beneath the veil of orthodoxy, Breaking the Spell will be read and debated by believers and skeptics alike.
Author : Paul Anthony Chilton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190636645
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Religion, Language, and the Human Mind written by Paul Anthony Chilton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion is a multi-faceted and complex human phenomenon, combining many different mental and social characteristics. Among these, language plays a crucial though often neglected role. This volume brings together groundbreaking work from linguistics, cognitive science and neuroscience, as well as from religious studies, in order to illuminate the origins and centrality of religion in human life.
Author : George B. Vetter
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504081250
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Magic and Religion written by George B. Vetter and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential text on the psychology of religion studies the fundamental origins of human spirituality. In Magic and Religion, psychologist George B. Vetter approaches magico-religious behavior as a universal human phenomenon. He examines the various wide-ranging theories regarding the psychology of religion before calling for a more scientifically rigorous approach to the subject. Putting forth his own provocative and enlightening thesis, Vetter argues that magic and religion are predictable behavior patterns developed in situations that are uncontrollable, yet of momentous importance to the individual or collective. First published in 1958, Magic and Religion was a significant contribution to the psychology and sociology of religion. Hailed by some as an essential text on the subject, it was denounced by others as heresy, in part because of its frank criticism of clerical celibacy and its early advocacy for abortion rights.
Author : International Association for the History of Religions. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Religion, a Human Phenomenon written by International Association for the History of Religions. Congress and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statement and acknowledgements -- Welcome and announcements -- Introductory information -- Congress committees -- The academic program -- Formal meetings of the IAHR -- The Congress Director's general report of the XXth IAHR Congress -- The Congress Administrator's statistical report -- Abstracts of papers for the XXth IAHR Congress -- Alphabetic list of all Congress participants.
Author : Rodney Stark
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 1599475219
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (994 download)
Download or read book Why God? written by Rodney Stark and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is it that the majority of people, from all socio-economic, education, and ethnic backgrounds, ascribe to some sort of faith? What draws us to religion? What pushes us away? And what exactly is religion anyway? Defining religion over the past century has, ironically, led to theories that exclude belief in God, proposing that all systems of thought concerning the meaning of life are religions. Of course, this makes it impossible to distinguish the village priest from the village atheist, or Communism from Catholicism. Worse yet, it makes all religious behavior irrational, presuming that, for example, people knowingly pray to an empty sky. Renowned sociologist of religion Rodney Stark offers a comprehensive, decisive, God-centered theory of religion in his book, Why God: Explaining Religious Phenomena. While his intent is not to insist that God exists, Stark limits religions to systems of thought based on belief in supernatural beings—to Gods. With this God-focused theory, Stark explores the entire range of religious topics, including the rise of monotheism, the discovery of sin, causes of religious hostility and conflict, and the role of revelations. Each chapter of Why God? builds a comprehensive framework, starting with the foundations of human motivations and ending with an explanation of why most people are religious. Stark ultimately settles what religion is, what it does, and why it is a universal feature of human societies. Why God? is a much needed guide for anyone who wants a thorough understanding of religion and our relationship to it, as well as a firm refutation to those who think religion can exist without the divine.
Author : John S. Wilkins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351927108
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Intelligent Design and Religion as a Natural Phenomenon written by John S. Wilkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade a strident public debate has arisen about the nature and origin of religions. Controversies include how exactly religion evolved, whether by individual or group selection, if it is adaptive, and if not, whether and how it is a side effect of evolution. This volume focuses on the issue of naturalizing religion: on the ways in which cognitive science and social sciences have treated religion as a natural phenomenon. It questions whether religious behaviour, institutions, and experiences can be explained in natural terms. The editor brings together some of the best published work on the definition of 'religion', intelligent design and the evolution of religion.
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900422954X
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 23 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social scientific study of religion is a crucial arena of human endeavor, as questions about the existence and nature of God interact with the study of religion as a human phenomenon. The twenty-third volume of Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion continues the tradition of promoting extended debate of current issues in the field. The special section on Theism and Non-Theism in Psychological Science includes contributions from leading researchers in this area. This landmark collection of papers draws on a range of perspectives that both summarize the theism debate in psychology and help to move it forward in new directions. In addition, the volume includes papers on other key areas in the study of religion such as spirituality and social capital.
Author : Pascal Boyer
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 046500461X
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Religion Explained written by Pascal Boyer and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-03-21 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of our questions about religion, says the internationally renowned anthropologist Pascal Boyer, were once mysteries, but they no longer are: we are beginning to know how to answer questions such as "Why do people have religion?" and "Why is religion the way it is?" Using findings from anthropology, cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary biology, Boyer shows how one of the most fascinating aspects of human consciousness is increasingly admissible to coherent, naturalistic explanation. And Man Creates God tells readers, for the first time, what religious feeling is really about, what it consists of, and how it originates. It is a beautifully written, very accessible book by an anthropologist who is highly respected on both sides of the Atlantic. As a scientific explanation for religious feeling, it is sure to arouse controversy.
Author : Savary, Louis M.
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 1587688409
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (876 download)
Download or read book Teilhard de Chardin's The Phenomenon of Man Explained written by Savary, Louis M. and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Establishes the connection between the evolutionary scientific ideas of The Human Phenomenon and the Christian spirituality and theology of The Divine Milieu.
Author : Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198740298
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande written by Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An abridged version of the 1937 an-thropological study of the Azande of the southern Sudan, the theoretical insights of which have proven increasingly influential among both anthropologists and others
Author : Eric Bain-Selbo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472506987
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Understanding Sport as a Religious Phenomenon written by Eric Bain-Selbo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers are introduced to a range of theoretical and methodological approaches used to understand religion – including sociology, philosophy, psychology, and anthropology – and how they can be used to understand sport as a religious phenomenon. Topics include the formation of powerful communities among fans and the religious experience of the fan, myth, symbols and rituals and the sacrality of sport, and sport and secularization. Case studies are taken from around the world and include the Olympics (ancient and modern), football in the UK, the All Blacks and New Zealand national identity, college football in the American South, and gymnastics. Ideal for classroom use, Understanding Sport as a Religious Phenomenon illuminates the nature of religion through sports phenomena and is a much-needed contribution to the field of religion and popular culture.
