Comparative Religion - Softcover

Sharpe, Eric J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715610813 ISBN 13: 9780715610817

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press, 1986

Synopsis

This book is now firmly established as the standard treatment of its subject. The history of comparative religion is traced in detail from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, in the work of scholars such as Max Muller and anthropologists - such as Tylor, Lang, Robertson-Smith and Frazer - through the American psychologists of religion - such as Starbuck, Leuba, William James - to the period after the First World War, when the evolutionary approach was seriously called into question. It also examines the relevance of religion to Freud and Jung; the 'phenomenology of religion'; the tensions between comparative religion and theology; and the work of such outstanding personalities as Nathan Söderblom and Rudolf Otto. The last two chapters review the main issues raised since the Second World War.

About this title

About the Author:

Eric J. Sharpe is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Review:

"A masterly survey."---Times Higher Educational Supplement

About this edition

• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0715610813
• ISBN 13: 9780715610817
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 328