Ten theories of religion / Daniel L. Pals.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pals, Daniel L., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Study and teaching--History.

Religion.

Religion--Study and teaching.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 433 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Other Title:

10 theories of religion

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

"Why do human beings believe in divinities? Why do some seek eternal life, while others seek escape from recurring lives? Why do the beliefs and behaviors we typically call "religious" so deeply affect the human personality and so subtly weave their way through human society? Revised and updated in this fourth edition, Ten Theories of Religion considers how these fundamental questions have engaged the most important thinkers of the modern era. Accessible, systematic, and succinct, it considers the Victorian anthropology of E. B. Tylor and J. G. Frazer, the "reductionist" social science of Sigmund Freud, Émile Durkheim, and Karl Marx, the non-reductionist approaches of Max Weber, William Janes, and Mircea Eliade, and the alternative paradigms that have arisen from the work of E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Clifford Geertz, and Mary Daly. Each chapter offers biographical background, theoretical exposition, conceptual analysis, and critical assessment"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Animism and Magic / J. G. Frazer

2. Religion and Personality / Sigmund Freud

3. Society as Sacred / Emile Durkheim

4. Religion as Alienation / Karl Marx

5. A Source of Social Action / Max Weber

6. The Verdict of Religious Experience / William James

7. The Reality of the Sacred / Mircea Eliade

8. Society's "Construct of the Heart" / E.E. Evans-Pritchard

9. Religion as Cultural System / Clifford Geertz

10. Sexism and the Sacred / Mary Daly.

Notes:

Revised edition of: Nine theories of religion. 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Related Work:

Revision of: Pals, Daniel L. Seven theories of religion. 2015.

ISBN:

0190935081

9780190935085

OCLC:

1245656046

Publisher Number:

99990868511