From Gods, to ritual observance to the language of myth and the distinction between the sacred and the profane, Religious Worlds explores the structures common to all spiritual traditions.
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Beacon, dist. by Harper. Dec. 1988. c. 186p. index. ISBN 0-8070-1210-6. $19.95; pap. ISBN 0-8070-1211-4. $9.95. rel ~ see Cox, Harvey. Many Mansions.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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One of the best thought out and written introductions to the study of religion I have seen thus far. It not only explains but invites discussion and comment. --Charles H. Long, University of California, Santa Barbara
"A good introduction to the phenomenology of religion. Stressing that religions are not just systems of belief, but forms of behavior...Paden focuses on four key complementary categories: myth, ritual, gods and systems of purity." --Choice
"[Religious Worlds] provides clear bases of comparison from all of the world religions." --American Anthropologist
"A richly textured study of religion . . . . erudite and written in a very lucid prose style." --Philosophy East & West
"A useful overview of contemporary trends in the study of the faiths of today's world." --Publishers Weekly
"A work of thoughtful breadth." --Religious Studies Review
"A good introduction to the phenomenology of religion. Stressing that religions are not just systems of belief, but forms of behavior...Paden focuses on four key complementary categories: myth, ritual, gods and systems of purity." --Choice
"[Religious Worlds] provides clear bases of comparison from all of the world religions." --American Anthropologist
"A richly textured study of religion . . . . erudite and written in a very lucid prose style." --Philosophy East & West
"A useful overview of contemporary trends in the study of the faiths of today's world." --Publishers Weekly
"A work of thoughtful breadth." --Religious Studies Review
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- Theology, Hermeneutics, and Imagination: The Crisis of Interpretation at the End of Modernity by Garrett Green on page 71, and Back Matter
- Walter Benjamin, Religion and Aesthetics: Rethinking Religion through the Arts by S. Brent Plate in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously: Spiritual Politics on America's Sacred Ground by Barbara A. McGraw in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Critical Terms for Religious Studies by Mark C. Taylor on page 381
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