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Nine theories of religion /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pals, Daniel L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Edition:Third Edition.
Subjects:
Religion > Study and teaching > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Animism and magic / E.B. Tylor and J.G. Frazer
  • 2. Religion and personality / Signumd Freud
  • 3. Society as sacred / Émile 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. Conclusion.