Varieties of Religious Invention - Founders and Their Functions in History

Informationen zum Autor Patrick Gray is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He has published five books on the Bible, the history of biblical interpretation, and Hellenistic philosophy, including Opening Paul's Letters: A Reader's Guide to Genre and Interpretation. Klappentext What does it mean to call someone the "founder" of a religion? How have debates about figures such as Jesus, Muhammad, and Confucius served as proxies for broader cultural, theological, or political questions? Zusammenfassung What does it mean to call someone the "founder" of a religion? How have debates about figures such as Jesus, Muhammad, and Confucius served as proxies for broader cultural, theological, or political questions?

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• Authors: Patrick Gray, Patrick (Associate Professor of Religious St Gray
• Assisted by: Patrick Gray (Editor), Gray Patrick (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2015
• EAN: 9780199359714
• ISBN: 978-0-19-935971-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / History, comparative religion, RELIGION / Leadership, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, Religious & spiritual leaders, History of Religion, Religious issues & debates, Religious and spiritual figures, Religious issues and debates