Religion and the Hermeneutics of Contemplation

by D.Z. Phillips

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D.Z. Phillips argues that intellectuals need not see their task as being for or against religion, but as one of understanding it. What stands in the way of this task is certain methodological assumptions about what inquiry into religion must be. Beginning with Bernard Williams on Greek gods, Phillips goes on to examine these assumptions in the work of Hume, Feurerbach, Marx, Frazer, Tylor, Marett, Freud, Durkheim, L vy-Bruhl, Berger and Winch. The...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521008468

ISBN13:9780521008464

Release Date:September 2001

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:346 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Christian Books & Bibles Christianity Education & Reference Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Theology

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