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Why do people study religion? How have they studied it in the past? How do we study religion today? Is the academic study of religion the same as religious education? These and many other questions are addressed in this engaging introduction to the discipline of religious studies. Topics include:

  • Definitions of religion

  • Perspectives in the study and teaching of religion

  • How religion began to be studied: Traditional perspectivesphilosophical and theological

  • How people experience religion: Perspectives in the study of religious consciousness and perceptionphenomenological and psychological

  • Studying religion within communities: Social and cultural perspectivesanthropological, sociological, political, and economic

  • Judging religion: Critical perspectivesfeminist approaches, the inter

Introduction to the Study of Religion

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    A Paperback by Hillary P. Rodrigues, John S. Harding

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: 11/29/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780367407742, 978-0367407742
      ISBN10: 0367407744
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      Description

      Why do people study religion? How have they studied it in the past? How do we study religion today? Is the academic study of religion the same as religious education? These and many other questions are addressed in this engaging introduction to the discipline of religious studies. Topics include:

      • Definitions of religion

      • Perspectives in the study and teaching of religion

      • How religion began to be studied: Traditional perspectivesphilosophical and theological

      • How people experience religion: Perspectives in the study of religious consciousness and perceptionphenomenological and psychological

      • Studying religion within communities: Social and cultural perspectivesanthropological, sociological, political, and economic

      • Judging religion: Critical perspectivesfeminist approaches, the inter

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