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What social conditions and intellectual practices are necessary in order for religious cultures to flourish? Paul Griffiths finds the answer in ''religious reading'' -- the kind of reading in which a religious believer allows his mind to be furnished and his heart instructed by a sacred text, understood in the light of an authoritative tradition. He favourably contrasts the practices and pedagogies of traditional religious cultures with those of our own fragmented and secularized culture and insists that religious reading should be preserved.

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A provocative book that deserves the serious consideration of every scholar in the field ... a book that has the potential for stimulating important discussions about our roles in the modern study of religion * Religion *

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1: Religion 2: Religion and Literary Work 3: The Context of Religious Reading 4: The Fundamental Genres of Religious Reading 5: Commentary and Anthology in Buddhist India 6: Commentary and Anthology in Roman Africa Conclusion Notes Index

Religious Reading

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    A Hardback by Paul J. Griffiths

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      Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
      Published 6/17/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780195125771
      978-0195125771
      ISBN-10 0195125770
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      Religion: general Sacred texts, scriptures and revered writings

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What social conditions and intellectual practices are necessary in order for religious cultures to flourish? Paul Griffiths finds the answer in ''religious reading'' -- the kind of reading in which a religious believer allows his mind to be furnished and his heart instructed by a sacred text, understood in the light of an authoritative tradition. He favourably contrasts the practices and pedagogies of traditional religious cultures with those of our own fragmented and secularized culture and insists that religious reading should be preserved.

      Trade Review
      A provocative book that deserves the serious consideration of every scholar in the field ... a book that has the potential for stimulating important discussions about our roles in the modern study of religion * Religion *

      Table of Contents
      1: Religion 2: Religion and Literary Work 3: The Context of Religious Reading 4: The Fundamental Genres of Religious Reading 5: Commentary and Anthology in Buddhist India 6: Commentary and Anthology in Roman Africa Conclusion Notes Index

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