Religion and Magic / / Graham Cunningham.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Cunningham, Graham,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (128 p.)

This book is a survey summarising the approaches taken to religion and magic by the principal scholars in the preceding and present centuries. It is simple, straightforward and short, with a clear, easy-to-read style. It is the perfect reference tool for students, introducing them to the main theories and debates in a readable and informative manner.Key Features Prepares student for more complex texts on Religious Studies and the idea of religion Addresses contemporary as well as historical ideas and figures Includes contextual details on scholarsOver forty individuals covered including: Hegel, Marx, Engels, Weber, Frazer, Freud, Jung, Durkheim, Levy-Bruhl, Skorupski, Levi-Strauss, Lawson, McCauley

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 German pioneers -- 2 Early intellectualist approaches -- 3 Emotionalist approaches -- 4 Phenomenological approaches -- 5 Structural-functional approaches -- 6 Symbolic approaches -- 7 Recent intellectualist approaches -- 8 Structural approaches -- 9 Cognitive approaches -- 10 Feminist approaches -- Afterword: Secularisation assessed -- Bibliography -- Index