Religion in History: The Word, the Idea, the Reality/LA Religion Dans L'Histoire : Le Mot, L'Idee, LA Realite - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0889202117 ISBN 13 : 9780889202115

Editeur : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1992

Synopsis

The history of the concept of "religion" in Western tradition has intrigued scholars for years. This important collection of eighteen essays brings further light to the ongoing debate. Three of the invited participants, W.C. Smith, M. Despland and E. Feil, has each previously written impressive books treating this subject; the last two acknowledged the impact and continuing influence of Smith's work, The Meaning and End of Religion.
An introduction and a recapitulation of Smith's contribution as a scholar set the stage for a retrospective look at the published literature. Contributors then examine the transformation of words (the classical religio to the modern religion), particularities of religion in nineteenth-century France, Troeltsch's concept of religion, the study of religion from an Asian point of view and the categorization of "World Religions." The concluding essays elaborate contemporary anthropological, cross-disciplinary, semiological, deconstructive and psychoanalytical methodological approaches to the concept and study of "religion."
Exploring critically different aspects of the concept and study of religion, these provocative essays typically reflect the methodological pluralism currently existing in the field of Religious Studies. Of interest to scholars and students alike, this collection also contains a complete bibliography of W.C. Smith's publications.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Michel Despland is Professor of Religion at Concordia University.

Gérard Vallée was professor emeritus of religious studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada). He studied in Québec and Germany, and worked in the fields of history of Christianity and philosophy of religion. He also taught in Vietnam, India, and Nigeria. His publications include A Study in Anti-Gnostic Polemics (WLU Press, 1981), The Spinoza Conversations between Lessing and Jacobi (1988), The Shaping of Christianity 100-800 (1999), and Soundings in G.E. Lessing's Philosophy of Religion (2000).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0889202117
• ISBN 13: 9780889202115
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Éditeur: Despland Michel, Vallée Gérard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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