Eight Theories of Religion
ISBN: 9780195165708 | 0195165705
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 1/12/2006
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Why do human beings believe in divinities? Why do some seek eternal life, while others seek escape from recurring lives? Why do the beliefs and behaviors we typically call "religious" so deeply affect the human personality and so subtly weave their way through human society? Revised andupdated in this second edition, Eight Theories of Religion considers how these fundamental questions have engaged the most important thinkers of the modern era. Accessible, systematic, and succinct, the text examines the classic interpretations of religion advanc... MORE
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Animism and Magic | p. 18 |
| Religion and Personality | p. 53 |
| Society as Sacred | p. 85 |
| Religion as Alienation | p. 118 |
| A Source of Social Action | p. 149 |
| The Reality of the Sacred | p. 193 |
| Society's "Construct of the Heart" | p. 229 |
| Religion as Cultural System | p. 260 |
| C... MORE | p. 292 |
| Index | p. 325 |
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Daniel L. Pals is Professor of Religious Studies and History at the University of Miami
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