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- Publisher:
- Acumen Publishing
- Online publication date:
- June 2014
- Print publication year:
- 2007
- Online ISBN:
- 9781845537463
- Subjects:
- Religion, Religion: General Interest
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Widely used as a primer, a text and a provocation to critical thinking, Studying Religion aims to develop students' skills. The book clearly explains the methods and theories employed in the study of religion. Essays are offered on a range of topics: from the history and functions of religion to public discourse on religion and the classification of religions. The works of key scholars - from Karl Marx, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Rudolf Otto to Mircea Eliade, James G. Frazer, and Sigmund Freud - are analysed and explored. Studying Religion represents a shift away from the traditional focus of describing the exotic or curious religious 'Other' to an examination of how religious behaviours and institutions are studied. The book will be invaluable to students of religious studies.
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