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<p><p>why Do Human Beings Believe In Divinities? Why Do Some Seek Eternal Life, While Others Seek Escape From Recurring Lives? Why Do The Beliefs And Behaviors We Typically Call Religious So Deeply Affect The Human Personality And So Subtly Weave Their Way Through Human Society? Revised And Updated In This Second Edition, <b>eight Theories Of Religion</b> Considers How These Fundamental Questions Have Engaged The Most Important Thinkers Of The Modern Era. Accessible, Systematic, And Succinct, The Text Examines The Classic Interpretations Of Religion Advanced By Theorists Who Have Left A Major Imprint On The Intellectual Culture Of The Twentieth Century. The Second Edition Features A New Chapter On Max Weber, A Revised Introduction, And A Revised, Expanded Conclusion That Traces The Paths Of Further Inquiry And Interpretation Traveled By Theorists In The Most Recent Decades.<p><b>eight Theories Of Religion</b>, Second Edition, Begins With Edward Burnett Tylor And James Frazer&#151;two Victorian Pioneers In Anthropology And The Comparative Study Of Religion. It Then Considers The Great Reductionist Approaches Of Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, And Karl Marx, All Of Whom Have Exercised

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Author

Pals, Daniel L.

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195304589

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Christian, Religion, History

Rating

3.89 / 5 (287 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14