Stephen S Bush

Visions of Religion

Experience, Meaning, and Power

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Three understandings of the nature of religion¿religion as experience, symbolic meaning, and power¿have dominated scholarly discussions, in succession, for the past hundred years. Visions of Religion carefully integrates these approaches into a social practical theory of religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 165mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780199387403
• ISBN-10: 0199387400
• Artikelnr.: 47870633

Autorenporträt

Stephen S. Bush is the Manning Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University. His interests broadly are in theory of religion, philosophy of religion, and religious ethics. He has published essays in Journal of Religion, Journal of Religious Ethics, Soundings, Religious Studies, and Philosophical Review.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part One
Chapter 1: From Experience to Meaning
Chapter 2: From Meaning to Power
Chapter 3: Three Indispensable Concepts
Part Two
Chapter 4: Meaning and Power
Chapter 5: Experience and Meaning
Chapter 6: Experience and Power
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Bibliography