ENGLISH

Religion Defined and Explained

By Peter B. Clarke

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
1993
ISBN
0333538412, 9780333538418
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12088186 bytes)
Pages
228\227
Time added
2015-05-20 13:55:23
Religion

Description

Examining a selection of major types of theory explaining religion - religious, philosophical, sociological, socio-economic and psychological - this book treats the presuppositions behind such theories and the grounds of their necessity and validity. It looks at major styles in the definition of religion. The book also argues that the case for making religion the subject of large-scale theorizing has not been made and contends that the explanation of religion proceeds better by concentrating on the specifics of religious history and the interconnections between religious ideas. Peter Clarke is also the author of "Islam In Modern Nigeria", "Religion and the Study of Religion Old and New" and "West Africa and Islam" and the editor of "Islam". Peter Byrne is the co-editor of the journal "Religious Studies".

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