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Aesthetics and Analysis in Writing on Religion: Modern Fascinations (BFI Modern Classics)

By Daniel Gold

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9780520236134, 9780585467825, 0520236130, 0520236149, 9780520236141
Open Library ID
OL7711562M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1629253 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
316\316
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This book addresses a fundamental dilemma in religious studies. Exploring the tension between humanistic and social scientific approaches to thinking and writing about religion, Daniel Gold develops a line of argument that begins with the aesthetics of academic writing in the field. He shows that successful writers on religion employ characteristic aesthetic strategies in communicating their visions of human truths. Gold examines these strategies with regard to epistemology and to the study of religion as a collective endeavor.

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