The Phenomenon of Religion: A Thematic ApproachOneworld, 1999 - 626 Seiten From earliest civilizations to the modern world, this text is a complete study of the role of religion in human culture. It does not offer a chapter-by-chapter presentation of the key practices and beliefs of the major religious traditions of the world, but rather explores the phenomenon of religion from a thematic point of view by posing questions on the nature of religion. Arranged into three main fields of enquiry - the religious experience, conceptual aspects of religion and religion in society - this study draws examples from all the major religious traditions, East and West, ancient and contemporary. |
Inhalt
UNDERSTANDING RELIGION | 19 |
RELIGION EAST AND WEST A GENERAL SURVEY | 31 |
The Universality of Modes of Religious Thought | 38 |
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