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A new science the discovery of religion in the Age of Reason /

Guy Stroumsa offers an innovative and powerful argument that the comparative study of religion finds its origin in early modern Europe. --from publisher description.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stroumsa, Guy G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Study of Religion as Cultural Criticism
  • I. Paradigm Shift : Exploring the World's Religions
  • 1. A New World: Religions Unthinkable
  • 2. A New Science: Explores of Religions
  • II. Respublica Hebraeorum : Biblical Religion and European Culture
  • 1. Antiquitates Judaicae: The Early Modern Study of Israelite Religion
  • 2. Homeros Hebraios: Homer and the Bible at the Origins of European Culture
  • III. From Biblical Philology to the Study of Judaism
  • IV. Biblical Myth, Religious History, and Idolatry
  • 1. Noah's Sons and the Religious Conquest of the Earth
  • 2. Idolatry and Its Roots
  • V. Iranian Religions and the Idea of Dualism
  • 1. The Prophet of Iran and Zoroastrianism
  • 2. The Birth of Manichaean Studies
  • VI. From Mohammedis Imposturae to the Three Imposters : The Study of Islam and the Enlightenment
  • VII. From China to Rome : The Discovery of Civil Religion
  • 1. Chinese Atheism and the Querelle des Rites
  • 2. Enlightenment Perceptions of Roman Religion
  • Epilogue: From Ritual to Myth.