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The Importance of Religion. Meaning and Action in Our Strange World.
Gavin Flood
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Description for The Importance of Religion. Meaning and Action in Our Strange World.
Paperback. The Importance of Religion illuminates the central importance of religion in modern times, revealing how it crucially provides people with meaning to their lives and guides them in their everyday moral choices. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
The Importance of Religion reveals the significance of religion in modern times, showing how it provides people with meaning to their lives and helps guide them in their everyday moral choices
The Importance of Religion reveals the significance of religion in modern times, showing how it provides people with meaning to their lives and helps guide them in their everyday moral choices
- Provides readers with a new understanding of religion, demonstrating how in its actions, texts and world views religion is enduring and vividly engages with the mystery of the world
- Offers striking arguments about the relationship of religion to science, art and politics
- Engagingly written by a highly respected scholar of religion with an international reputation
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405189712
SKU
V9781405189712
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99-50
About Gavin Flood
Gavin Flood is Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion at the University of Oxford where he is also the Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. He is the author of Introduction to Hinduism (1996) and The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory, Tradition (2006); and editor of the Blackwell Companion to Hinduism (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003).
Reviews for The Importance of Religion. Meaning and Action in Our Strange World.
“Finally, it should be pointed out that the book is well presented, with a wealth of interesting primary sources and secondary literature discussed. . . At any rate, the book should contribute to the ongoing debate between religionists and reductionists within our field.” (Numen, 1 May 2015) “Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty.” (Choice, 1 January 2013) ... Read more