Taylor & Francis Ltd - Contemporary Theories Of Religion A Critical Companion - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Interest in theories of religion has never been greater. Scholars debate single theoretical approaches in different scholarly journals while the new atheists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett criticize the whole idea of religion. For everyone eager to understand the current state of the field Contemporary Theories of Religion surveys the neglected landscape in its totality. Michael Stausberg brings together leading scholars of the field to review and discuss seventeen contemporary theories of religion. As well as scholars of religion it features anthropologists archaeologists classicists evolutionary biologists philosophers and sociologists. Each chapter provides students with background information on the theoretician a presentation of the theory's basic principles an analysis of basic assumptions and a review of previous critiques. Concluding with a section entitled Back and Forth' Stausberg compares the different theories and points to further avenues of discussion for the future.
Title: Contemporary Theories Of Religion A Critical Companion
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415463478
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 6/19/2009
Category: Anthropology