In Search of the Sacred
This text traces the growth and development of two related disciplines, anthropology and the study of religions. Locating these disciplines within the intellectual climate of the 19th century, the study considers the contributions of scholars such as James George Frazer, F. Max Muller, Emile Durkheim, Mary Douglas and Clifford Geertz, within an historical framework. The author argues that both anthropologists and students of religion have abandoned an objective approach in favour of personal engagement with their subjects, replacing observation with conversation, monologue with dialogue, a text-based with people-based approach. He reveals how…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8264-2527-0
- EAN: 9780826425270
- Produktnummer: 17004133
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 11'728 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Clinton Bennett teaches Religious Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA.
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