Contemporary Theories of Religion

A Critical Companion
Herausgeber: Stausberg, Michael

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Interest in theories of religion has never been greater. This book discusses seventeen contemporary theories of religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9780415463478
• ISBN-10: 0415463475
• Artikelnr.: 25988714

Autorenporträt

Michael Stausberg is Professor of Religion at the University of Bergen (Norway). Recent publications include Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism (2008) and Theorizing Rituals (co-editor, 2 vols. 2006-2007). Stausberg is the European editor of the journal Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction  1. Cognitive Structures and Religio-Cultural Systems  2. From
Neo-Tylorianism to the Cognitive Science of Religion  3. Religion at the
Intersection of Need and Violence  4. Ritual as the Heart of Culture and of
Religion  5. Religion as Rational Choice: The So-Called New Paradigm in the
Sociology of Religion  6. Ritual as a System of Communication  7. Naturally
Counterintuitive Evolutionary Byproducts  8. Phylogony of the Gods, or, how
to naturalize religion  9. Boundary Maintenance: Religion as
Organic-Cultural Flows  10. Roots in the Brain: The Origin and Explanation
of Religion  11. The Atheistic Approach in the Cognitive Science of
Religion  12. Religion as Crisis Intervention  Where to Go from Here?
Prospects and Epilogues