Religious Worlds The Comparative Study of Religion

Name: Religious Worlds The Comparative Study of Religion
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ISBN: 9780807012291

ISBN-10: 0807012297

ISBN-13: 9780807012291

Edition: 2nd 1994

Authors: William E. Paden

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"One of the best thought out and written introductions to the study of religion I have seen thus far. It not only explains but invites discussion and comment."-Charles H. Long, University of California, Santa Barbara

Book details

List price: $21.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 8/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface to the 1994 Edition


Preface to the 1988 Edition


Introduction



Religion and Comparative Perspective



Some Traditional Strategies of Comparison



Religion as a Subject Matter



Worlds



Structures and Variations in Religious Worlds



Myth



Ritual and Time



Gods



Systems of Purity



Comparative Perspective: Some Concluding Points


Notes


Index