Apples and Oranges - Explorations In, On, and With Comparison

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Lincoln is the Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Religions in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago, where he also holds positions in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and on the Committee on Medieval Studies, with affiliations in the Departments of Anthropology and Classics. Recent books include Between History and Myth: Stories of Harald Fairhair and the Founding of the State and Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars: Critical Explorations in the History of Religions , both published by the University of Chicago Press. Klappentext Lincoln mounts an argument for the value of comparison, which is often derided as limited and limiting; instead, he shows how carefully considered comparisons can illuminate both subjects.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Lincoln, Lincoln Bruce
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780226564074
• ISBN: 978-0-226-56407-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, RELIGION / Education, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Philosophy, Religion: general