| Description |
xvii, 320 p. |
| Series |
Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; v. 113 |
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Studies in the history of religions ; 113.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-311) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Comparison as a theoretical exercise / Anthony J. Blasi -- Questions of judgment in comparative religious studies / George Weckman -- The role of the authoritative in the comparative process / David Cave -- The mothering principle in the comparison of religions / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos -- Theaters of worldmaking behaviors : panhuman contexts for comparative religion / William E. Paden -- Comparing religious ideas : there's method in the mob's madness / Wesley J. Wildman -- Comparative religion for undergraduates : what next? / John Stratton Hawley -- Socrates and Jesus : comparing founder-figures in the classroom / James Constantine Hanges -- Christianity's emergence from Judaism : the plus and minus of Joseph Klausner's comparative analysis / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos -- Interpreting glossolalia and the comparison of comparisons / James Constantine Hanges -- Towards a post-colonial comparative religion? : comparing Hinduism and Islam as Orientalist constructions / Arvind Sharma -- Circling the wagons : the problem with the insider/outsider in the comparative study of religions / Russell T. McCutcheon -- The postmodernist challenge to the comparative method / Robert A. Segal -- The only kind of comparison worth doing : history, epistemology, and the "strong program" of comparative study / Ivan Strenski. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Religion -- Methodology.
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Religion -- Study and teaching.
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Religions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hanges, James Constantine, 1954-
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Idinopulos, Thomas A.
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Wilson, Brian C.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9004152679 (alk. paper) |
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9789004152670 (alk. paper) |
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9789047410409 |
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