The study of religion and its meaning : new explorations in light of Karl Popper and Emile Durkheim / J.E. Barnhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnhart, Joe E., 1931-

Series:

Religion and Reason

Religion and Reason ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.

Durkheim, Émile.

Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994.

Popper, Karl R.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 216 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

The Hague ; New York : Mouton, 1977.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contents

1. Problems in Defining 'Religion'

2. Responses to the Concern with Finitude

3. The Emotional Dimension of Religious Responses

4. The Moral Dimension of Religion

5. Religious Education

6. The Mystic and God

7. Core-deprivation and the Promise of Fulfillment

8. Is God Verifiable?

9. Relativism and Contradiction

10. David Hume's Threat to Faith

11. Meaning in Theology

12. The-Meaning-of-Life Question

Bibliography

Index of Names

Subject Index

Back matter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110810004

311081000X

OCLC:

979587062