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Revised and updated in this third edition, Nine Theories of Religion considers how these fundamental questions have engaged the most important thinkers of t.

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Why do human beings believe in divinities? Why do some seek eternal life, while others seek escape from recurring lives? Why do the beliefs and behaviors we typically call 'religious' so deeply affect the human personality and so subtly weave their way through human society?
Revised and updated in this third edition, Nine Theories of Religion considers how these fundamental questions have engaged the most important thinkers of the modern era. Accessible, systematic, and succinct, it considers the Victorian anthropology of E. B. Tylor and J. G. Frazer, the 'reductionist' social science of Sigmund Freud, Émile Durkheim, and Karl Marx, the non-reductionist approaches of Max Weber, William James, and Mircea Eliade, and the alternative paradigms that have arisenfrom the work of E. E. Evans-Pritchard and Clifford Geertz. The third edition features a new chapter on William James. Each chapter offers biographical background, theoretical exposition, conceptual analysis, and critical assessment.
Ideal as a supplementary text in introductory religion courses or as the main text in theory and method in religious studies or in sociology of religion courses, Nine Theories of Religion, Third Edition, offers an illuminating treatment of this controversial and fascinating subject. It can be used as a stand-alone text or with the author's companion reader, Introducing Religion: Readings from the Classic Theorists.

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  • Nine Theories of Religion, third edition, considers nine of the most important religious theories that have been put forward since the scientific approach to religion first caught the imagination of nineteenth century scholars. In each case, the theory is presented by discussing the backgroundof its major spokesman, discussing key ideas as they are presented in text, noticing its distinctive features in comparison with other theories, and recording the main objections raised by its critics.
  • Why do human beings believe in divine beings? Why do some seek eternal life, while others seek escape from recurring lives? Why do the beliefs and behaviors we typically call 'religious' so deeply affect the human personality and so subtley weave their way through human society? These broad,basic questions have engaged the most original and important thinkers of the modern era - among them James Frazer, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Max Weber. Nine Theories of Religion, third edition, considers nine of the most important religious theories that have been put forward since the scientific approach to religion first caught the imagination of nineteenth century scholars. In each case, the theory is presented by discussing the background ofits major spokesman, discussing key ideas as they are presented in text, noticing its distinctive features in comparison with other theories, and recording the main objections raised by its critics.The book begins with Edward Burnett Tylor and James Frazer - two Victorian pioneers in anthropology and the comparative study of religion. It then considers the great 'reductionist' approaches of Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx, all of whom have exercised wide influence up to thepresent day. The discussion goes on to examine the leading challenges to reductionism as articulated by sociologist Max Weber, American philosopher and psychologist William James, and Romanian-American comparativist Mircea Eliade. Finally, it explores the newer methods and ideas arising from theAfrican field studies of ethnographer E. E. Evans-Pritchard and the interpretive anthropology of Clifford Geertz. Each chapter offers biographical background, theoretical exposition, conceptual analysis, and critical assessment. This common format allows for close comparison and careful evaluationthroughout. Nine Theories of Religion is ideal for use as a supplementary text in introduction to religion courses and as the central text in theory of religion, approaches to the study of religion, and sociology of religion and any courses on the explanation and interpretation of religion. The bookcan be used as a stand-alone text or with Pals' companion reader, Introducing Religion.Accessible, systematic, and succinct, Nine Theories of Religion by Daniel Pals is the number one book on the major theories of religion.
  • Why do human beings believe in divinities? Why do some seek eternal life, while others seek escape from recurring lives? Why do the beliefs and behaviors we typically call 'religious' so deeply affect the human personality and so subtly weave their way through human society? Revised and updated in this third edition, Nine Theories of Religion considers how these fundamental questions have engaged the most important thinkers of the modern era. Accessible, systematic, and succinct, it considers the Victorian anthropology of E. B. Tylor and J. G. Frazer, the 'reductionist' social science of Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx, the non-reductionist approaches of Max Weber, William James, and Mircea Eliade, and the alternative paradigms that have arisen from the work of E. E. Evans-Pritchard and Clifford Geertz. The third edition features a new chapter on William James. Each chapter offers biographical background, theoretical exposition, conceptual analysis, and critical assessment. Ideal as a supplementary text in introductory religion courses or as the main text in theory and method in religious studies or in sociology of religion courses, Nine Theories of Religion, Third Edition, offers an illuminating treatment of this controversial and fascinating subject. It can be used as a stand-alone text or with the author's companion reader, Introducing Religion: Readings from the Classic Theorists. '

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Product Identifiers

  • 0199859094
  • 9780199859092
  • 201672877

Key Details

  • Daniel Pals
  • 384 pages
  • Paperback
  • 2014-09-08
  • English
  • Oxford University Press, Incorporated
  • 2014

Additional Details

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  • 2014
  • Yes

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  • 15.5 Oz
  • 0.7 In.
  • 5.6 In.
  • 8.3 In.

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  • 2014-008980
  • BL41.P36 2014
  • 200.7
  • 23
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  • 'I find Nine Theories of Religion to be the best condensation of essential theory available. Its greatest strength is the logic of the presentation of the theories, followed by a critical appraisal rehearsing each theory's strengths and weaknesses.'--Thomas W. Martin, Susquehanna University'This is a superb text. It summarizes in a clear and succinct fashion the often abstruse ideas of some of the major theorists in the academic study of religion.'--William Waldron, Middlebury College
  • '[The book] summarizes in a clear and succinct fashion the often abstruse ideas of some of the major theorists in the academic study of religion. It contextualizes these thinkers within their historical milieu, analyzes their ideas adroitly and then critiques them incisively. My students havefound all this extremely helpful for tackling the original thinkers and original texts themselves.' --Dr. William Waldron, Middlebury College