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Thinking about Religion: An Historical Introduction to Theories of Religion
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Thinking about Religion: An Historical Introduction to Theories of Religion Hardcover - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Ivan Strenski


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This history-based introduction to the study of religion introduces the main methods, theories and theorists in the field.


  • Introduces the main methods, theories and theorists in the field.
  • Engages with leading figures from the history of anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy and theology who have influenced the study of religion.
  • Reveals how the study of religion evolved in response to great cultural conflicts and major historical events.
  • Also considers the influence of inner experience, tacking issues such as human survival and wish-fulfilment.

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  • Title Thinking about Religion: An Historical Introduction to Theories of Religion
  • Author Ivan Strenski
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 358
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blackwell Publishing Professional
  • Date 2006-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781405120111 / 1405120118
  • Weight 1.71 lbs (0.78 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.94 x 6.22 x 0.98 in (25.25 x 15.80 x 2.49 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Religion - Methodology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005015485
  • Dewey Decimal Code 200.7

About the author

Ivan Strenski is Holstein Family and Community Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside. His previous publications include Four Theories of Myth in Twentieth-Century History (1988), Religion in Relation: Method, Application, and Moral Location (1993), Durkheim and the Jews of France (1997), Contesting Sacrifice: Religion, Nationalism and Social Thought (2002), Theology and the First Theory of Sacrifice (2003), and The New Durkheim: Essays on Philosophy, Religious Identity and the Politics of Knowledge (2006).
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