New approaches to the study of religion. Volume 2, Textual, comparative, sociological, and cognitive approaches /

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Other Authors: Antes, Peter, 1942-, Geertz, Armin W., 1948-, Warne, R. R. (Randi Ruth), 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2004]
Series:Religion and reason ; 43.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section 4. Textual approaches ; New approaches to the problem of translation in the study of religion / Alan Williams
  • The use of electronic media in the study of sacred texts / Gordon D. Newby
  • New approaches: Literary theory / Dawne McCance.
  • Section 5. Comparative approaches ; Comparison in the study of religion / William E. Paden
  • New approaches to the study of syncretism / Luther H. Martin and Anita Maria Leopold
  • Performance theory and the study of ritual / Ronald L. Grimes
  • New approaches to the study of religious dance / Helga Barbara Gundlach
  • Human rights: An important and challenging new field for the study of religion / Rosalind I.J. Hackett.
  • Section 6. Social sciences ; A survey of advances in the sociology of religion (1980-2000) / Liliane Voyé
  • Assessing secularization theory / Karel Dobbelaere
  • Urbanization and religion / Robert Kisala
  • Religion and diaspora / Steven Vertovec
  • Approaches to the study of religion in the media / Alf G. Linderman
  • Beyond "Church and State": Advances in the study of religion and law / Winnifred Fallers Sullivan.
  • Section 7. Cognition and cross-cultural psychology ; Cognitive approaches to the study of religion / Armin W. Geertz
  • The naturalness of religious concepts: An emerging cognitive science of religion / Justin L. Barrett
  • Psychoanalyzing prehistory: Struggling with the unrecorded past / David A. Warburton
  • Conclusion / Peter Antes, Armin W. Geertz, and Randi R. Warne.