| Comparing Religions: Possibilities and Perils? Contributor(s): Idinopulos, Thomas Athanasius (Editor), Wilson, Brian C. (Editor), Hanges, James Constantine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004152679 ISBN-13: 9789004152670 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $149.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: Comparing Religions covers such important topics as recent theoretical approaches to comparison, case studies of comparing religions in the classroom, and the impact of postcolonialism and postmodernism on the modernist assumptions of comparitivism in the academic study of religion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Education - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 200.7 |
| LCCN: 2006048992 |
| Series: Numen Books: Studies in the History of Religions |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.52" W x 9.58" (1.66 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Given the fact that today's university students are far more culturally sophisticated than ever before, "Comparing Religions: Possibilities and Perils" brings together a distinguished group of professors of religion with years of teaching experience to address the central question of how comparison of religions should be pursued in today's classroom. Covering topics such as recent theoretical approaches to comparison, case studies of comparing religions in the classroom, and the impact of postcolonialism and postmodernism on the modernist assumptions of comparitivism, the volume seeks to problematize and interrogate the field, especially as it relates to emerging models of pedagogy at the university level. Comparing Religions will be of special interest to those who teach in religious studies departments, or who teach courses on religion in departments of anthropology, sociology, and history. |