Essays on religion

by Simmel, Georg

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Title Statements

Full title :Essays on religion / Georg Simmel ; edited and translated by Horst Jürgen Helle in collaboration with Ludwig Nieder ; foreword by Philip E. Hammond.

Summary

"The noted German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel wrote a number of essays that deal directly with religion as a fundamental process in human life. These essays set forth Simmel's mature reflections on religion and its relation to modernity, personality, art, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and science. They also include his views on methods in the study of religion and his thoughts on achieving a broader perspective on religion. Originally published between 1898 and 1918, the last twenty years of Simmel's life, the essays are collected here in English for the first time." "The essays provide an excellent picture of the development of the characteristic doctrines of Simmel's thought as applied to religion, based on phenomenological analysis of human experience that emphasizes the subjective dimensions of life."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1997.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Yale University Press
Place of Publication:New Haven
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1997.

The Physical Object

Description:xx, 223 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0300061102, 9780300061109, 9780300205077, 0300205074
oclc:ocm33971895
LC Classification:BL60
Dewey Decimal:200

pt. 1. Religion and modernity. Fundamental religious ideas and modern science : an inquiry (1909) -- The problem of religion today (1911) -- The conflict of modern culture (1918) -- pt. 2. Religion and personality. On thee salvation of the soul (1903) -- Religion and the contradictions of life (1904) -- The personality of God (1911) -- pt. 3. Religion and art. Christianity and art (1907) -- Rembrandt's religious art (1914) -- pt. 4. Methods in the study of religion. A contribution to the sociology of religion (1898) -- Contributions to the epistemology of religion (1902) -- pt. 5. Toward a "broader" perspective on religion. Religion (1912), (1906) : Religion and the great forms of existence ; Religion and social relationships ; Religion and group unity ; Religion and the development of the self ; The integrative potential of religion.

Subjects

Godsdienstsociologie Kunst Modernität Persönlichkeit Religieuze ervaring RELIGION religion (discipline) Religion and sociology Religionssoziologie Sociologie religieuse