Gods and demons, priests and scholars : critical explorations in the history of religions / Bruce Lincoln

Author:: Lincoln, Bruce
Published:: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Physical Description:: xii, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Theses on Method -- ch. Two How to Read a Religious Text -- ch. Three Nature and Genesis of Pantheons -- ch. Four The Cosmo-logic of Persian Demonology -- ch. Five Anomaly, Science, and Religion -- ch. Six Between History and Myth -- ch. Seven Poetic, Royal, and Female Discourse -- ch. Eight Ancient and Post-Ancient Religions -- ch. Nine Sanctified Violence -- ch. Ten Religious and Other Conflicts in Twentieth-Century Guatemala -- ch. Eleven In Praise of the Chaotic -- ch. Twelve Theses on Comparison with Cristiano Grottonelli -- ch. Thirteen The (Un)discipline of Religious Studies.

Subject(s):

Religion—History—Study and teaching
Religion—History—Study and teaching—Methodology

ISBN:

9780226481869 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0226481867 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780226481876 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226481875 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Dissertation Note:

How to read a religious text -- Nature and genesis of pantheons -- The cosmo-logic of Persian demonology -- Anomaly, science, and religion -- Between history and myth -- Poetic, royal, and female discourse -- Ancient and post-ancient religions -- Sanctified violence -- Religious and other conflicts in 20th century Guatemala -- In praise of the chaotic -- Theses on comparison -- With Cristiano Grottanelli -- The (un)discipline of religious studies.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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