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9781781798676: Building Blocks of Religion: Critical Applications and Future Prospects
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ISBN 10 : 1781798672 ISBN 13 : 9781781798676
Editeur : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

The contributions in this book all concern the Building Block Approach to the study of religions as proposed and explored by Professor Ann Taves (University of California, Santa Barbara) during the last 30 years. This approach suggests that analysis of and explanations for complex cultural phenomena such as religion should entail dividing these phenomena into the constituent parts that interact to produce them , in terms of basic cognitive, psychological and biological proc-esses. In this way, the approach opens up a path to achieving consil-ience between the humanistic, behavioural and natural sciences. The book provides a short and user-friendly introduction to the Building Block Approach suitable for use in the undergraduate classroom as well as by graduate and more advanced scholars. The book opens with a lengthy introduction by Ann Taves and Egil Asprem (Stockholm University, Sweden) outlining the Building Block Approach and its rele-vance for the study of religions. The introduction is followed by seven responses, comments and critiques that identify pros and cons of the approach from different perspectives and areas of study within the larger field of the study of religions. In the concluding chapter, Taves and Asprem provide their responses to the comments and critiques raised.

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À propos de l?auteur

Goeran Larsson is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Gothenburg. Andreas Nordin is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Gothenburg. Jonas Svensson is a Professor in the Study of Religions at Linnaeus University.

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Éditeur
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1781798672
ISBN 13 
9781781798676
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
136
Éditeur
Larsson Goeran, Nordin Andreas, Svensson Jonas
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  1781798664 ISBN 13 :  9781781798669
Editeur : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2020
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