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Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars: Critical Explorations in the History of Religions
Bruce Lincoln
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Paperback. Assembles a collection of essays that both illustrates and reveals the benefits of his methodology, making a case for a critical religious studies that starts with skepticism but is neither cynical nor crude. This book tackles many questions central to religious study. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 colour plates, 10 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364. Critical Explorations in the History of Religions. 320 pages, 16 colour plates, 10 line drawings, 12 tables. Assembles a collection of essays that both illustrates and reveals the benefits of his methodology, making a case for a critical religious studies that starts with skepticism but is neither cynical nor crude. This book tackles many questions central to religious study. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAX. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 15. Weight: 370.
Bruce Lincoln is one of the most prominent advocates within religious studies for an uncompromisingly critical approach to the phenomenon of religion-historians of religions, he believes, should resist the preferred narratives and self-understanding of religions themselves, especially when their stories are endowed with sacred origins and authority. In "Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars", Lincoln assembles a collection of essays that both illustrates and reveals the benefits of his methodology, making a case for a critical religious studies that starts with skepticism but is neither cynical nor crude. The book begins with Lincoln's "Theses on Method" and ends with "The ... Read more
Bruce Lincoln is one of the most prominent advocates within religious studies for an uncompromisingly critical approach to the phenomenon of religion-historians of religions, he believes, should resist the preferred narratives and self-understanding of religions themselves, especially when their stories are endowed with sacred origins and authority. In "Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars", Lincoln assembles a collection of essays that both illustrates and reveals the benefits of his methodology, making a case for a critical religious studies that starts with skepticism but is neither cynical nor crude. The book begins with Lincoln's "Theses on Method" and ends with "The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
390g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226481876
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V9780226481876
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About Bruce Lincoln
Bruce Lincoln is the Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions, Middle Eastern Studies, and Medieval Studies at the University of Chicago, where he is also an associate in the Departments of Anthropology and Classics. He is the author of nine books, most recently Religion, Empire, and Torture: The Case of Achaemenian Persia, also published by the University ... Read more
Reviews for Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars: Critical Explorations in the History of Religions
"Bruce Lincoln is a rara avis. His combination of precise technical analysis of ancient religious texts, allied to a grand, comparative vision of religion in society, past and present, informs a reflection, at once anxious and radical, anchored in the predicament of our own times. This combination produces a humanistic approach, devoid of grandiloquence, and this strikingly original book will ... Read more