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- catalog abstract "This book looks at the large-scale theories of religion characteristics of nineteenth- and twentieth-century approaches to the study of religion. The philosophical assumptions behind the alleged need to produce a theory of religion are examined in Part I. The aims and means of defining religion are treated as part of this examination. The discussion of method in the theory of religion is then illustrated in detailed treatments of five major forms of large-scale theory of religion in Part II: religious, philosophical, sociological, socioeconomic and psychological. Major thinkers in the theory of religion such as Marx, Freud, Durkheim, Hegel and Feuerbach are discussed. The book aims to reveal the difficulties in demonstrating the necessity and validity of any large-scale theory of religion. It argues for less extensive aims for the study of religion, contending in particular that religion should be defined in family-resemblance terms, and explained piecemeal and through historical forms of understanding.".
- catalog contributor b4317516.
- catalog contributor b4317517.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "1. The Definition and Essence of Religion -- 2. The Dynamics of Explanation -- 3. Forms of Explanation in Religion -- 4. A Religious Theory of Religion -- 5. Philosophical Theories of Religion -- 6. Socio-economic Theories of Religion -- 7. Sociological Theories of Religion -- 8. Psychological Theories of Religion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-212) and index.".
- catalog description "This book looks at the large-scale theories of religion characteristics of nineteenth- and twentieth-century approaches to the study of religion. The philosophical assumptions behind the alleged need to produce a theory of religion are examined in Part I. The aims and means of defining religion are treated as part of this examination. The discussion of method in the theory of religion is then illustrated in detailed treatments of five major forms of large-scale theory of religion in Part II: religious, philosophical, sociological, socioeconomic and psychological. Major thinkers in the theory of religion such as Marx, Freud, Durkheim, Hegel and Feuerbach are discussed. The book aims to reveal the difficulties in demonstrating the necessity and validity of any large-scale theory of religion. It argues for less extensive aims for the study of religion, contending in particular that religion should be defined in family-resemblance terms, and explained piecemeal and through historical forms of understanding.".
- catalog extent "ix, 216 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0312094728".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : St. Martin's Press,".
- catalog subject "200 20".
- catalog subject "BL48 .C5535 1993".
- catalog subject "Religion.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Definition and Essence of Religion -- 2. The Dynamics of Explanation -- 3. Forms of Explanation in Religion -- 4. A Religious Theory of Religion -- 5. Philosophical Theories of Religion -- 6. Socio-economic Theories of Religion -- 7. Sociological Theories of Religion -- 8. Psychological Theories of Religion.".
- catalog title "Religion defined and explained / Peter B. Clarke and Peter Byrne.".
- catalog type "text".