A Historical and Theoretical Guide to Studying Religion

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The book is a historical and theoretical account of the development and present situation of what has come widely to be known as Religious Studies. This account emphasizes the complexity of the field due both to its origins and the uncertain and even conflicted position today of the academic study of religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Part One: Historical; 1. Modernity, Romanticism, and the Rise of Religious Studies; 2. Studying Religion and Cultural Faults Caused by Repression and Neglect; 3. Studying Religion and the Lack of Cultural Accesses to Needed Intangibles; 4. Studying Religion and the Cultural Need for More Adequate Worldviews; Part Two: Theoretical; 5. The Object of Religious Studies;6. The Position of the Person Studying Religion; 7. Taking into Account Religion's Excesses and Complexities; 8. Studying Religion while Being Religious; Conclusion; Index