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OverviewThis book, a guide to studying religion, has two parts. The first or historical part traces the rise of the academic study of religion from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Primary attention is given to the relation of studying religion to Romanticism and to its contrary relations to principal characteristics of Western modernity, especially its rational and materialist emphases. The second part of the book addresses matters that present uncertainties, problems, and even tensions within the field, such as, what is or should be meant by referring to some persons or groups as religious, why religion is so often a cause of tensions and even conflicts both within and between religious groups and between them and the increasingly nonreligious or secular quality of modern Western culture, and the problem that arises for the field by reason of scholars who, on one side, are themselves religious and who, on the other side, are nonreligious or secular. The book places this final difficulty, the difference and often the tension between religious and nonreligious approaches to the study of religion, in the role of a unifying theme of the book and offers a way by which this problem can be addressed and to a considerable degree reduced. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wesley KortPublisher: Anthem Press Imprint: Anthem Press Volume: 1 Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781839990540ISBN 10: 1839990546 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 16 January 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationWesley A Kort is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Duke University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |