Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars - Critical Explorations in the History of Religions

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Lincoln is the Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions! Middle Eastern Studies! and Medieval Studies at the University of Chicago! where he is also an associate in the Departments of Anthropology and Classics. He is the author of nine books! most recently Religion! Empire! and Torture: The Case of Achaemenian Persia! also published by the University of Chicago Press. Klappentext Assembles a collection of essays that both illustrates and reveals the benefits of his methodology, making a case for a critical religious studies that starts with skepticism but is neither cynical nor crude. This book tackles many questions central to religious study. Zusammenfassung Assembles a collection of essays that both illustrates and reveals the benefits of his methodology! making a case for a critical religious studies that starts with skepticism but is neither cynical nor crude. This book tackles many questions central to religious study.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Bruce Lincoln, Lincoln Bruce
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 17.04.2012
• EAN: 9780226481876
• ISBN: 978-0-226-48187-6
• Pages: 320
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Général, dictionnaires; Geschichte der Religion, RELIGION / History, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, History of Religion