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Comparative religion : a history / Eric J. Sharpe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: La Salle, Ill. : Open Court, 1986.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 341 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 081269032X
  • 9780812690323
  • 0812690419 (pbk.)
  • 9780812690415 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 291.09 S532C
LOC classification:
  • BL41 .S52 1986
Contents:
The antecedents of comparative religion -- 'He who knows one, knows none' -- 'Darwinism makes it possible' -- Totemism and magic -- Some varieties of religious experience -- The quest for academic recognition -- Religion, comparative and absolute -- Culture and history -- Religion and unconscious -- The phenomenology of religion -- Toward a dialogue of religions? -- Twenty years of international debate, 1950-1970 -- From comparative religion to religious studies.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [320]-333.

The antecedents of comparative religion -- 'He who knows one, knows none' -- 'Darwinism makes it possible' -- Totemism and magic -- Some varieties of religious experience -- The quest for academic recognition -- Religion, comparative and absolute -- Culture and history -- Religion and unconscious -- The phenomenology of religion -- Toward a dialogue of religions? -- Twenty years of international debate, 1950-1970 -- From comparative religion to religious studies.

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