Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion: Aims, Methods and Theories of Research. Introduction and AnthologyOriginally published in 1973 (The Hague: Mouton) at a time when the field was blossoming; this edition includes a new preface. The book consists of two major parts. The first is an essay by Waardenburg, who was affiliated with the U. of Lausanne, Switzerland, following the rise and development of the academic study of religion in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The second is an anthology of articles about religion written by over 40 scholars in fields including psychology, sociology, philosophy, and anthropology. Waardenburg intended this book to be an examination of classical texts, and thus acknowledges that these authors often had a narrow approach to religion, ignoring anything not of European origin. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
PRELIMINARY | 3 |
The study of religion established as an autonomous discipline | 13 |
CORNELIS P TIELE | 14 |
LUCIEN LÉVYBRUHL | 21 |
WILLIAM JAMES | 27 |
Religion as a special subject of research | 52 |
Later contributions from other disciplines | 64 |
ALFRED R RADCLIFFEBROWN | 69 |
MAX WEBER | 352 |
SIGMUND FREUD | 360 |
NATHAN SÖDERBLOM | 381 |
WILLIAM BREDE KRISTENSEN | 390 |
GERARDUS VAN DER LEEUW | 398 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTE | 422 |
RUDOLF OTTO | 426 |
The Study of Religion established as an Autonomous | 455 |
LOOKING BACK | 74 |
Perspectives of a phenomenological study of religion | 82 |
PIERRE D CHANTEPIE DE LA SAUSSAYE | 105 |
JOHANN J BACHOFEN | 117 |
ERNEST RENAN | 126 |
N D FUSTEL DE COULANGES | 134 |
WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH | 150 |
FRIEDRICH C G DELITZSCH | 160 |
ALBERT SCHWEITZER | 174 |
HERBERT SPENCER | 198 |
EDWARD B TYLOR | 209 |
ANDREW LANG | 220 |
JAMES GEORGE FRAZER | 244 |
ROBERT R MARETT | 257 |
WILHELM SCHMIDT | 264 |
ARNOLD VAN GENNEP | 287 |
EMILE DURKHEIM | 301 |
MARCEL MAUSS | 325 |
FRIEDRICH HEILER | 460 |
HEINRICH FRICK | 480 |
JOACHIM WACH | 487 |
CARL GUSTAV JUNG | 527 |
BRONISŁAW MALINOWSKI | 545 |
ROBERT H LOWIE | 560 |
PAUL RADIN | 567 |
MARTIN P NILSSON | 606 |
WALTER F OTTO | 619 |
RAFFAELE PETTAZZONI | 639 |
MAX SCHELER | 654 |
GASTON BERGER | 663 |
F MAX MÜLLER | 670 |
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