Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion by Jacques Waardenburg

Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion by Jacques Waardenburg

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Summary

Tracing the rise of the scholarly study of religion from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, this textbook on the history of the scholarly study of religion is suitable for courses on the problems of method and theory as treated by the founders of the discipline.

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Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion by Jacques Waardenburg

[Originally publ. Mouton 1973 (Religion and Reason, 3)]
"Es gilt ein Buch zu besprechen, das allen Fachwissenschaftlern in der Regel schon seit langem bekannt ist, denn die 1973 erschienen Classical Approaches aus der Hand des namhaften niederlandischen Religionswissenschaftlers Jacques Waardenburg (emeritiert in Lausanne) stellen geradezu einen modernen internationalen 'Klassiker' fur die Einfuhrung in die Disziplingeschichte der Religionswissenschaft dar"Andreas Grunschloss in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 7/8 2000
The Editor: Jacques Waardenburg, born in 1930 in Haarlem (The Netherlands), is a distinguished scholar in the field of religious studies. He studied theology and comparative religion in Amsterdam, and Arabic and Islam in Leiden, Paris, and Cairo. With a continuous interest in questions of method and theory of the discipline he taught and did research in Montreal, Paris, Los Angeles, and Utrecht. At present he holds the chair of Science des religions at the University of Lausanne. He is also president of the Swiss Association of Religious Studies. Among his many publications are Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion (2 vols., 1973/74), Reflections on the Study of Religion (1978), Religionen und Religion. Systematische Einfuhrung in die Religionswissenschaft (1986, French ed. 1993).
The Contributors: Christian Jungo, Mondher Kilani, Jacques Waardenburg, Philippe Borgeaud, Lawrence E. Sullivan, Vittorio Lanternari, Didier Devauchelle, Youri Volokhine, Esther Starobinski-Safran, Guy Monnot, Abdelmajid Charfi, Gotthard Strohmaier, Mikel de Epalza, Andrea Borruso, Mark Batunsky, Carl-A. Keller, Nadine B. Weibel
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ISBN 13 9783110163285
ISBN 10 3110163284
Title Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion
Author Jacques Waardenburg
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher De Gruyter
Year published 1999-08-12
Number of pages 766
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.