Eric Bain-Selbo (USA Indiana University Kokomo)

The End(s) of Religion

A History of How the Study of Religion Makes Religion Irrelevant

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Produktbeschreibung

Shows how the study of religion has separated out the ends or goals of religion and thus created the conditions by which institutional religion is increasingly irrelevant in contemporary Western culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781350045255
• ISBN-10: 135004525X
• Artikelnr.: 61376311

Autorenporträt

Eric Bain-Selbo is Dean at School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indiana University Kokomo, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction Very Brief Comments to Get Us Started
1. The Ethical/Philosophical Function of Religion: Kant, Hegel, and So
Forth
2. The Sociological Function of Religion: Durkheim and Weber
3. The Psychological Function of Religion: Freud, Jung, and Beyond
4. The Existential Function of Religion: Eliade and Tillich
Interlude
5. The Religion of Culture
6. What Happens Next? Some Concluding Remarks
Postscript: A Cautionary Tale
Notes
Bibliography
Index