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Introducing Religion: Religious Studies for the Twenty-First Century / Edition 4

Introducing Religion: Religious Studies for the Twenty-First Century / Edition 4

by Robert Ellwood
Introducing Religion: Religious Studies for the Twenty-First Century / Edition 4
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ISBN-10:
0205987591
ISBN-13:
9780205987597
Pub. Date:
01/24/2014
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
0205987591
ISBN-13:
9780205987597
Pub. Date:
01/24/2014
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Introducing Religion: Religious Studies for the Twenty-First Century / Edition 4

Introducing Religion: Religious Studies for the Twenty-First Century / Edition 4

by Robert Ellwood

Overview

Introducing Religion, 4/e explores the different ways of looking at religion in the twenty-first century. A broad overview to religious studies as a discipline introduces students to the various subjects of religion. Introducing Religion teaches readers how to think in academic religious studies and its main areas, including: sociology of religion, psychology of religion, history of religion, religion and art, ethics, and more.

The fourth edition has been expanded with new chapters exploring topics of contemporary interest: myth, spiritual paths, religion and popular culture, religion in the computer age, religion and war. Contemporary topics engage today’s students, relating the topics to the changing world around them.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780205987597
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/24/2014
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

A native of Illinois, Robert Ellwood received his B.A. from the University of Colorado and an M.Div. from Yale Divinity School. After serving as an Episcopal priest and Navy chaplain, he obtained a Ph.D. in the History of Religion from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1967. He then taught religious studies at the University of Southern California for thirty years, and since retirement has lived in Ojai, California. He has published books on Japanese religion, American religion, mythology, and religious studies.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. How to Study Religion
Chapter 2. History of Religion on Planet Earth
Chapter 3. Myth: Our Lives, and the World's, Are Stories
Chapter 4. Magic Doorways: Symbol, Rite, and Religion
Chapter 5. Oases of the Mind: The Psychology of Religion
Chapter 6. Inner Adventure: The Spiritual Path, the Way of Faith
Chapter 7. Why Evil?
Chapter 8. Faith through Form: Religion and Art
Chapter 9. Ghost Marriages and Country Music: Popular Religion
Chapter 10. Cyberaltars: Religion in the Computer Age
Chapter 11. Traveling Together: The Sociology of Religion
Chapter 12. Truth Messages: The Conceptual Expression of Religion
Chapter 13. Worlds to Come: Religious Eschatology and the Afterlife
Chapter 14. How Shall We Live? Religion and Ethics
Chapter 15. Horror and Glory: Religion Confronting War

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