This text examines the classic interpretations of religion advanced by theorists who have left a major imprint on the intellectual culture of the twentieth century. [It] begins with E.B. Tylor and J.G. Frazer - two Victorian pioneers in anthropology and the comparative study of …
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"Revised and updated in this second edition, Eight theories of religion considers how ... fundamental questions have engaged the most important thinkers of the modern era. Accessible, systematic, and succinct, the text examines the classic interpretations of religion advanced by…
Summarises the ideas of nine major theorists, eg: Freud, Durkheim, Marx, Weber, Eliade, in the academic study 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? Re…