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Aesthetics and Analysis in Writing on Religion
Daniel Gold
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Description for Aesthetics and Analysis in Writing on Religion
Paperback. Addressing a fundamental dilemma in religious studies, this text explores the tension between humanistic and social scientific approaches to thinking and writing about religion. Daniel Gold develops a line of argument that begins with the aesthetics of academic writing in the field. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
This book addresses a fundamental dilemma in religious studies. Exploring the tension between humanistic and social scientific approaches to thinking and writing about religion, Daniel Gold develops a line of argument that begins with the aesthetics of academic writing in the field. He shows that successful writers on religion employ characteristic aesthetic strategies in communicating their visions of human truths. Gold examines these strategies with regard to epistemology and to the study of religion as a collective endeavor.
This book addresses a fundamental dilemma in religious studies. Exploring the tension between humanistic and social scientific approaches to thinking and writing about religion, Daniel Gold develops a line of argument that begins with the aesthetics of academic writing in the field. He shows that successful writers on religion employ characteristic aesthetic strategies in communicating their visions of human truths. Gold examines these strategies with regard to epistemology and to the study of religion as a collective endeavor.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520236141
SKU
V9780520236141
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About Daniel Gold
Daniel Gold is Professor of South Asian Religions at Cornell University. He is the author of Comprehending the Guru: Towards a Grammar of Religious Perception (1988) and The Lord as Guru: Hindi Saints in North Indian Tradition (1987).
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