Contemporary Views on Comparative Religion : In Celebration of Tim Jensen's 65th Birthday

Antes, Peter (EDT); Geertz, Armin (EDT); Rothstein, Mikael (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1781791392 / ISBN 13: 9781781791394

Published by Equinox, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contemporary Views on Comparative Religion : In Celebration of Tim Jensen's 65th Birthday
• Publisher: Equinox
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781791392
• ISBN 13: 9781781791394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Comparative Religion is deeply rooted in historical-philological studies, but since the inception of the discipline in the late nineteenth century, a continual development has taken place. Since that time, the discipline has moved into many different areas of the social, humanistic, psychological and biological sciences, and debates on theory and method are as intense as ever. As scholars of religion get to grips with some aspects of the phenomenon in question, new problems arise, and new challenges must be met. At the same time, however, the virtues of the past should not be forgotten, and a double orientation, back and forth, becomes necessary. Rather than pursuing a systematic discussion of how to go about such problems, this volume celebrates the diversity and multi-methodological approaches in comparative religion by including empirical, as well as theoretical, approaches. The authors, among whom are many of the world's leading scholars, have been asked to contribute essays on the current state of comparative religion, and thanks to their efforts the reader is offered a pathway to exciting, but quite diverse, examples of the discipline, from the well-known to the most recent academic frontiers.

About the Author

Peter Antes is Professor emeritus of the Study of Religions at the Leibniz University of Hannover, Institut fur Theologie und Religionswissenschaft, Germany. Armin W. Geertz is Professor in the History of Religions at the Department of Culture and Society, Section for the Study of Religion, and Chair of the Religion, Cognition and Culture Research Unit (RCC), Aarhus University, Denmark. Mikael Rothstein is Associate Professor of Comparative Religion, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense and Visiting Professor at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.