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Language, Truth and Religious Belief: Studies in Twentieth-Century Theory and Method in Religion (American Academy of Religion Texts and Translations Series)
by Frankenberry, Nancy K.; Penner, Hans H., Editors
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- ISBN 10
- 0788505408
- ISBN 13
- 9780788505409
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American Academy of Religion, 1999. Soft cover. Fair/Unknown. Octavo, softcover, light moisture stain on back endpaper and a few back page corners else VG in beige wraps with blue border. Why do many people think religion is subjective? Or symbolic? Or non-rational? This book brings together eighteen important twentieth-century essaus on these questions, by authors ranging from Ludwig Wittgenstein to Richard Rorty and Clifford Geertz. The editors show that such questions are both quite modern and powerfully influential in our Western thinking about religious belief. Moreover, they lead directly into the three most popular theories that attempt to make sense of religion: positivism, functionalism, and relativism. Selecting essays that represent each of these three theoretical positions, Frankenberry and Penner trace their incoherence and argue for a new method and theory for understanding religious beliefs. 532 pp.
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- Title
- Language, Truth and Religious Belief: Studies in Twentieth-Century Theory and Method in Religion (American Academy of Religion Texts and Translations Series)
- Author
- Frankenberry, Nancy K.; Penner, Hans H., Editors
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0788505408
- ISBN 13
- 9780788505409
- Publisher
- American Academy of Religion, 1999
- Place of Publication
- 1999. 552p. Paperback. Series: Aar Religions In Translation. They Are Essays Which Students Of Religion Should Know And Be Able
- This edition first published
- May 8, 2000
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