Seeing Eye Hermeneutical Phenomenology in the Study of Religion

Name: Seeing Eye Hermeneutical Phenomenology in the Study of Religion
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ISBN: 9780271002910

ISBN-10: 0271002913

ISBN-13: 9780271002910

Edition: 1982

Authors: Walter L. Brenneman, Stanley O. Yarian, Walter L. Brenneman

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Establishing a link between phenomenology and hermeneutics as seen by philosophers (notably Heidegger and Husserl) and as applied by students of religion (notably Eliade and van der Leeuw) is the pioneering aim of this book. No existing book ties together the cross-disciplinary strands in a way that is useful for religious studies.A phenomenological and therefore hermeneutical approach to religion "prides itself on being aware of its own presuppositions and those of others that are brought to bear on data to be interpreted." Thus it "seeks to gain an access to the religious worlds of other peoples in as pure a form as possible." Phenomenological hermeneutics differs from the traditional…

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List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 10/1/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

Alan M, Olson, who edited Disguises of the Demonic , is on the faculty of Boston University.

Walter L. Brenneman, Jr., and Stanley O. Yarian are in the Department of Religion at the University of Vermont.