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Cox, James L.

An introduction to the phenomenology of religion James L. Cox. - London ; New York : Continuum, c2010. - x, 185 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"This book is a thorough revision of my earlier text, Expressing the sacred : an introduction to the phenomenology of religion, published first in 1992 by the University of Zimbabwe Publications in Harare, with a second edition appearing in 1996"--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-179) and index.

Preface -- Defining religion -- Historical background : philosophical phenomenology and the social sciences -- Stages in the phenomenological method -- The phenomenological method : a case study -- Myths and rituals -- Religious practitioners and art -- Scripture and morality -- The special case of belief -- The place of the phenomenology of religion in the current and future academic study of religion.

ISBN: 9781441191380 (HB)

LCCN: 2009022587

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA987031 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015361980 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religion -- Philosophy. Phenomenology. Einführung.
Phenomenology.

LC Class. No.: BL51 / .C685 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 200.72