"Homo religiosus" in Mircea Eliade : : an anthropological evaluation / / by John A. Saliba.

• Superior document: Supplementa ad Numen : Altera series
• VerfasserIn: Saliba, John A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 1976.
• Year of Publication: 1976
• Language: English
• Series: Dissertationes ad historiam religionum pertinentes.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 210 pages).

Table of Contents

I. Anthropology and the history of religions -- The study of man and his religions -- Anthropology -- aims and methods -- Religion in anthropological studies -- History of religions -- aims and methods -- Relation of history of religions to anthropology -- Evaluation of Eliade -- II. Eliade's concept of "religious man" -- Primitive man in Eliade's works -- Myth -- Time -- Rite -- Symbol -- Principal themes -- Religious man -- III. "Religious man" in contemporary anthropology -- Primitive man in anthropology -- Myth -- Time -- Ritual -- Symbol -- Magic, witchcraft and sorcery -- Ethnomedicine -- Religious change -- New directions in the study of religion -- Religious man -- IV. An anthropological critique of Eliade's views on "religious man" -- The validity of an anthropolitical evaluation -- Eliade's aims, methods and sources -- The concept of primitive in Eliade -- Myth -- Time -- Ritual -- Symbolism -- Religious man -- V. Issues and contributions -- The study of religion -- The definition of religion -- Religion and magic -- Religious and culture -- Religion and philosophy -- Religion and psychology -- Religious as paradox -- Religion and life-style -- Religion and religious man.