Defining Judaism

Aaron W Hughes

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Judaism is a monotheistic religion with a history of over 3,500 years. 'Defining Judaism' illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues re... Lees meer

Readings in the Theory of Religion

Scott S Elliott, Matthew Waggoner

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• 'Readings in the Theory of Religion' brings together classic and contemporary texts to promote new ways of thinking about religion. The texts reflect ... Lees meer

Defining Buddhism(s)

Karen Derris, Natalie Gummer

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• 'Defining Buddhism(s)' explores the multiple ways in which Buddhism has been defined and constructed by both Buddhists and scholars. In recent decades... Lees meer

Defining Judaism

Aaron W Hughes

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Judaism is a monotheistic religion with a history of over 3,500 years. 'Defining Judaism' illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues re... Lees meer

Defining Islam

Andrew Rippin

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Ever since a group of people came into existence who called themselves Muslims and followed Islam, questions of what it means to be a member of this g... Lees meer

Religious Experience

Craig Martin, Russell T McCutcheon

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Many regard religious experience as the essence of religion, arguing that narratives might be created and rituals invented but that these are always s... Lees meer

Religion and Cognition

D Jason Slone

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• The cognitive science of religion examines the mental processes that govern religious belief and behaviour. It offers a fresh and exciting approach to... Lees meer

Defining Shinto

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• This book provides key official documents alongside political, religious-philosophical, and historical essays, illustrating how the term "Shinto" has ... Lees meer

Religion and Cognition

D Jason Slone

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• This volume explores "cognition" in the study of religion - that is, the mental processes that govern religious belief and behavior across cultures an... Lees meer

Defining Hinduism

J E Llewellyn

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• 'Defining Hinduism' focuses on what Hinduism is, what it has been, and what some have argued it should be. The oldest of the world religions, Hinduism... Lees meer

Defining Magic

Bernd-Christian Otto, Michael Stausberg

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Magic has been an important term in Western history and continues to be an essential topic in the modern academic study of religion, anthropology, soc... Lees meer

Defining Islam

Andrew Rippin

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Ever since a group of people came into existence who called themselves Muslims and followed Islam, questions of what it means to be a member of this g... Lees meer

Defining Shinto

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• This book provides key official documents alongside political, religious-philosophical, and historical essays, illustrating how the term "Shinto" has ... Lees meer

Mircea Eliade

Bryan S Rennie

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Mircea Eliade was one of the most successful and influential historians of religion. His interpretation of religious experience continues to inform th... Lees meer

Defining Magic

Bernd-Christian Otto, Michael Stausberg

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Magic has been an important term in Western history and continues to be an essential topic in the modern academic study of religion, anthropology, soc... Lees meer

Ritual and Religious Belief

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• What is ritual's relation to belief? to performance? Does ritual have its own logic? Ritual and Religious Belief is a reader that brings together mate... Lees meer

Mircea Eliade

Bryan S Rennie

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Mircea Eliade was one of the most successful and influential historians of religion. His interpretation of religious experience continues to inform th... Lees meer

Myths and Mythologies

Jeppe Sinding Jensen

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• In all cultures and at all times, humans have told stories about where they came from, who they are and how they should live their lives. 'Myths and M... Lees meer

Myths and Mythologies

Jeppe Sinding Jensen

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• In all cultures and at all times, humans have told stories about where they came from, who they are and how they should live their lives. 'Myths and M... Lees meer

Defining Hinduism

J E Llewellyn

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• 'Defining Hinduism' focuses on what Hinduism is, what it has been, and what some have argued it should be. The oldest of the world religions, Hinduism... Lees meer

Syncretism in Religion

Anita Maria Leopold, Jeppe Sinding Jensen

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Syncretism - the fusion of different beliefs into one religious system - has long been controversial in scholarship. It is widely held that religion, ... Lees meer

Defining Buddhism(s)

Karen Derris, Natalie Gummer

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• 'Defining Buddhism(s)' explores the multiple ways in which Buddhism has been defined and constructed by both Buddhists and scholars. In recent decades... Lees meer

Religious Experience

Craig Martin, Russell T McCutcheon

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Many regard religious experience as the essence of religion, arguing that narratives might be created and rituals invented but that these are always s... Lees meer