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Title:
Religion : social religion / William B. Parsons, editor.
Author:
Parsons, William Barclay, 1955- editor.
Publication Information:
Farmington Hills, Mich : Macmillan Reference USA, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]
Call Number:
BL48 .R4325 2016
Abstract:
"Social Religion is part of the Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks series dedicated to the study of religion. Composed of twenty thematic chapters, each written by an acknowledged expert in the field, this volume introduces the reader to methodological perspectives on religion. The volume is divided into four major sections representing those perspectives: psychology, sociology, anthropology, and the historical method. After a general overview, each perspective is applied to religion to foster a deeper understanding of what religion means." -- Back cover
ISBN:
9780028662893
Series:
Macmillan interdisciplinary handbooks. Religion

Macmillan interdisciplinary handbooks. Religion.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
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Contents:
The psychology of religion: an overview / The psychology of religion: originative figures / The psychology of religion: historical and contemporary trends / Selected topic: spirits in the mind, Gods in the brain: contemporary psychologies of religious experience / Criticisms, debates, futures: the psychology of religion and its discontents / The sociology of religion: an overview / The sociology of religion: originative figures / The sociology of religion: historical and contemporary trends / Selected topic: the "spiritual but not religious" movement / Criticisms, debates, futures: the sociology of religion or social theory / The anthropology of religion: an overview / The anthropology of religion: originative figures / The anthropology of religion: historical and contemporary trends / Selected topic: witchcraft, ritual, and gender / Criticisms, debates, futures: the anthropology of religion in hybrid-human and nonhuman worlds / The historical method and the study of religion / The historical method and the Hebrew Bible / The historical method and the New Testament / Selected topic: the historical method and the feminist hermeneutics / Criticisms, debates, futures: the historical method and cognitive historicism
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