Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion
By Gary Kessler
Published July 20th 2011 by Routledge – 256 pages
Series: Routledge Key Guides
Description
Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion is an accessible guide to the most important and widely studied theorists on religion of the last 300 years. Arranged chronologically, the book explores the lives, works and ideas of key writers across a truly interdisciplinary range, from sociologists to psychologists.
Thinkers covered include:
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- James Frazer
- Sigmund Freud
- Emile Durkheim
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Mary Douglas
- Talal Asad
- Søren Kierkegaard
Providing an indispensable one volume map of our understanding of religion in the west, the book is fully cross-referenced throughout and provides authoritative guides to important primary and secondary texts for students wishing to take their studies further.
Contents
Chronological list of contents Alphabetical list of contents Preface Fifty Thinkers Glossary Index
Author Bio
Gary Kessler is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University. An experienced teacher of introductory courses in both Philosophy and Religion, he is also the author of Studying Religion: An Introduction Through Cases and Voices of Wisdom: A Multicultural Philosophy Reader.
Name: Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion (Paperback) – Routledge
Description: By Gary Kessler. Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion is an accessible guide to the most important and widely studied theorists on religion of the last 300 years. Arranged chronologically, the book explores the lives, works and ideas of key writers across a truly...
Categories: Philosophy of Religion, Religion, Cultural Studies, Religion, Sociology of Religion
