An introduction to the phenomenology of religion

Preface -- Defining religion -- Historical background -- Philosophical phenomenology and the social sciences -- Stages in the phenomenological method -- The phenomenological method : a case study -- Myths and rituals -- Religious practitioners and art -- Scripture and morality -- The special case of...

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Main Author: Cox, James L. 1945- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London [u.a.] Continuum c2010
In:Year: 2010
Edition:[Rev. ed.]
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Phenomenology / Religion / Introduction
Further subjects:B Phenomenology
B Religion Philosophy
B Introduction
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Summary:Preface -- Defining religion -- Historical background -- Philosophical phenomenology and the social sciences -- Stages in the phenomenological method -- The phenomenological method : a case study -- Myths and rituals -- Religious practitioners and art -- Scripture and morality -- The special case of belief -- The place of the phenomenology of religion in the current and future academic study of religion
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-179) and index
"This book is a thorough revision of my earlier text, Expressing the sacred : an introduction to the phenomenology of religion, published first in 1992 by the University of Zimbabwe Publications in Harare, with a second edition appearing in 1996"--Acknowledgements
ISBN:1441191380