Critical terms for religious studies
Critical Terms for Religious Studies provides vocabulary with which religious diversity can be effectively described and responsibly discussed. Each essay provides a concise history of a critical term, explores the issues it raises, and puts the term to use in an analysis of a religious work, practice, or event. Moving across Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Native American and Mayan religions, contributors explore terms ranging from experience, territory, and image, to God,…
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- Full title :Critical terms for religious studies / edited by Mark C. Taylor.
Summary
Critical Terms for Religious Studies provides vocabulary with which religious diversity can be effectively described and responsibly discussed. Each essay provides a concise history of a critical term, explores the issues it raises, and puts the term to use in an analysis of a religious work, practice, or event. Moving across Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Native American and Mayan religions, contributors explore terms ranging from experience, territory, and image, to God, sacrifice, and transgression.
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- Publication Date:1998.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication:Chicago
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1998.
The Physical Object
- Description:v, 423 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0226791564, 9780226791562, 0226791572, 9780226791579
- oclc:ocm38162852
- LC Classification:BL31
- Dewey Decimal:210/.1/4
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