Comparative religion: A history

Sharpe, Eric J.

Religion & Spirituality

Duckworth

<p>This book is now firmly established as the standard treatment of its subject. The history of comparative religion is traced in detail from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, in the work of scholars such as Max Muller and anthropologists - such as Tylor, Lang, Robertson-Smith and Frazer - through the American psychologists of religion - such as Starbuck, Leuba, William James - to the period after the First World War, when the evolutionary approach was seriously called into question. It also examines the relevance of religion to Freud and Jung; the 'phenomenology of religion'; the tensions between comparative religion and theology; and the work of such outstanding personalities as Nathan Söderblom and Rudolf Otto. The last two chapters review the main issues raised since the Second World War.</p>

Comparative Religion

History

World

Bristol Classical Press

Clears the ground for students who are setting out to understand, rather than just to practice, religion. It discusses, among other things, the relationship between commitment to a particular tradition and the quest for intellectual understanding of religion "in the round", "holiness" as an identifying aspect of religion, functional "modes" of religion, and finally some questions connected with thesecularization process.Assuming throughout that theology and religious studies ought not to be seen as competing approaches, but as sources for complementary insights, it offers the student a fundamental introduction to an important area of inquiry.

Understanding Religion (Studies in Theology)

The universal Gītā: Western images of the Bhagavadgītā : a bicentenary survey

Hinduism

50 key words: comparative religion,

John Knox Press

The Bhagavad Gita influenced Western writers like Southey, Emerson and Thoreau and as a result of these interpretations, became popularized in India. This book analyzes this Westernized Hinduism and examines such groups as the Hare Krishna movement and German National Socialists.

The Universal Gita: Western Images of the Bhagavad Gita : A Bicentenary Survey

Open Court Pub. Co

Open Court

<p>The Bhagavad Gita is the best known and best loved of all non-Judeo-Christian scriptures. More than 50 editions are available in the United States alone, and the Gita continues to gain new adherents. Yet there is little agreement about the Gita's message. Sharpe shows how the Bhagavad Gita has made an enormous impression upon Western thought during the past two centuries, and how reciprocal Western interpretations have had a tremendous impact upon Indian politics and society.</p>

Universal Gita

Proceedings of the XIIth International Congress of the Int. Assoc. for the History of Religions, Held with the Support of Unesco and under the Ausp. ... (English, Dutch, French and German Edition)

UNESCO

Bleeker, C. J.

International Association for the History of Religions International c

Widengren, Geo

International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies

Brill Academic Pub

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