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Discovering religious history in the modern age / Hans G. Kippenberg ; translated from German by Barbara Harshav.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2002.Description: xiv, 264 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0691009082 (alk. paper)
- 9780691009087 (alk. paper)
- 0691009090 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780691009094 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Entdeckung der Religionsgeschichte. English.
- BL48 .K5213 2002
Contents:
From the Philosophy of Religion to the History of Religions -- Deciphering Unknown Cultures -- What Languages Tell of the Early History of the Religions of Europe -- The Presence of the Original Religion in Modern Civilization -- On the Origin of All Social Obligations: The Ritual of Sacrifice -- Under Civilization: The Menacing Realm of Magic -- The Unfathomable Depths of Life in the Mirror of Hellenic Religion -- The Productive Force of World Rejection -- Competing Models of the Recapitulation of the History of Religions -- Religion and the Social Bond -- The Great Process of Disenchantment -- Religion as Experience of the Self -- How Descriptions of the History of Religion Reflect Modernization.
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| 201 W642R Religion and truth : | 201 W681C Christianity And Western Thought Vol.2 | 201 Y21C Christianity And Philosophy. | 201.09 K57D Discovering religious history in the modern age / | 201.09 L723R Religion as a human capacity : | 201.1 B878B Philosophy and the Christian faith | 201.1 G313I Introduction To Philosophy |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-255) and index.
From the Philosophy of Religion to the History of Religions -- Deciphering Unknown Cultures -- What Languages Tell of the Early History of the Religions of Europe -- The Presence of the Original Religion in Modern Civilization -- On the Origin of All Social Obligations: The Ritual of Sacrifice -- Under Civilization: The Menacing Realm of Magic -- The Unfathomable Depths of Life in the Mirror of Hellenic Religion -- The Productive Force of World Rejection -- Competing Models of the Recapitulation of the History of Religions -- Religion and the Social Bond -- The Great Process of Disenchantment -- Religion as Experience of the Self -- How Descriptions of the History of Religion Reflect Modernization.
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