Contemporary Theories of Religion : A Critical Companion

ISBN-13: 9780415463461 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 320 str.

Stausberg Micha

Opis

Scholars debate single theoretical approaches in different scholarly journals. Suitable for those eager to understand the state of the field, this book discusses seventeen contemporary theories of religion.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Cognitive Structures and Religio-Cultural Systems 2. From Neo-Tylorianism to the Cognitive Science of Religion 3. Religion at the Intersection of Need and Violence 4. Ritual as the Heart of Culture and of Religion 5. Religion as Rational Choice: The So-Called New Paradigm in the Sociology of Religion 6. Ritual as a System of Communication 7. Naturally Counterintuitive Evolutionary Byproducts 8. Phylogony of the Gods, or, how to naturalize religion 9. Boundary Maintenance: Religion as Organic-Cultural Flows 10. Roots in the Brain: The Origin and Explanation of Religion 11. The Atheistic Approach in the Cognitive Science of Religion 12. Religion as Crisis Intervention Where to Go from Here? Prospects and Epilogues

O autorze

Michael Stausberg is Professor of Religion at the University of Bergen (Norway). Recent publications include Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism (2008) and Theorizing Rituals (co-editor, 2 vols. 2006-2007). Stausberg is the European editor of the journal Religion.