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Why study religion? : understanding humanity's pursuit of the divine / Terry C. Muck.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Grand Rapids : Baker Academic, [2016]Description: xii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801049958
  • 0801049954
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Electronic version:: Why study religion?DDC classification:
  • 200.71 23 MUC
LOC classification:
  • BL41 .M84 2016
Contents:
Why? -- The study of religion -- The student of religion -- Why now? -- Changing societies: radical differentiation -- Complex individuals: hybrid personalities -- Clashing religions: contestation, consilience, confession -- How? -- The scholarly skills: studying texts, collecting ethnographic data, comparing and contrasting -- Perspectival objectivity: from premodern to modern to postmodern -- New trajectories for the study of religion -- Classic books in the study of religion -- Classic essays in the study of religion -- Categorizing religious traditions: an assignment -- Guidelines for the study of religion.
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Books GRACE BIBLE COLLEGE Philosophy and Religion 200.71 MUC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 020594

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why? -- The study of religion -- The student of religion -- Why now? -- Changing societies: radical differentiation -- Complex individuals: hybrid personalities -- Clashing religions: contestation, consilience, confession -- How? -- The scholarly skills: studying texts, collecting ethnographic data, comparing and contrasting -- Perspectival objectivity: from premodern to modern to postmodern -- New trajectories for the study of religion -- Classic books in the study of religion -- Classic essays in the study of religion -- Categorizing religious traditions: an assignment -- Guidelines for the study of religion.

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