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9780415463478 |
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NULRC |
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BL 48 .C66 2009 |
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| Title |
Contemporary theories of religion : |
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a critical companion / |
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edited by Michael Stausberg |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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Abingdon, Ox : |
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Routledge, |
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c2009 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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x, 309 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
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24 cm. |
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USD2405 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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1. There is life in the old dog yet: an introduction to contemporary theories of religion -- 2. Religion as superhuman agency: on E. Thomas Lawson and Robert N. McCauley, Rethinking religion (1990) -- 3. Anthropomorphism and animism: on Stewart E. Guthrie, Faces in the clouds (1993) -- 4. From need to violence: on Walter Burkert, Creation of the sacred (1996) -- 5. Religion as ritual: Roy Rappaport's changing views from Pigs for the ancestors (1968) to Ritual and religion in the making of humanity (1999) -- 6. Religious economies and rational choice: on Rodney Stark and Roger Finke, Acts of faith (2000) -- 7. Religion as communication: on Niklas Luhmann, The religion of society (2000) -- 8. Exotic experience and ordinary life: on Andrew Newberg, Eugene D'Aquili and Vince Rause, Why God won't go away (2001) -- 9. Religion as the unintended product of brain functions in the `standard cognitive science of religion model': on Pascal Boyer, Religion explained (2001) and llkka Pyysiainen, How religion works (2003) -- 10. Religion as evolutionary cascade: on Scott Atran, In gods we trust (2002) -- 11. Religion as superorganism: on David Sloan Wilson, Darwin's cathedral (2002) -- 12. Roots in the brain: on David Lewis-Williams and David Pearce, Inside the Neolithic mind (2005) -- 13. Boundary maintenance: religions as organic-cultural flows: on Thomas Tweed, Crossing and dwelling (2006) -- 14. Theory of religion as myth: on Loyal Rue, Religion is not about God (2005) -- 15. New Atheistic approaches in the cognitive science of religion: on Daniel Dennett, Breaking the spell (2006) and Richard Dawkins, The God delusion (2006) -- 16. Interventionist practices and the promises of religion: on Martin Riesebrodt, Cultus und Heilsversprechen (2007) -- 17. Back and forth. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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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. |
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RELIGION |
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Stausberg, Michael |
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editor |
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Library of Congress Classification |
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Books |
