
Homo Fidei
A Critical Understanding of Faith in the Writings of Wilfred Cantwell Smith and Its Implications for the Study of Religion
Kuk-Won Bae(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Will be published approx. on 14. March 2003
Book
Hardback
282 pages
978-0-8204-5112-1 (ISBN)
Description
A renowned Islamicist and historian of religion, Wilfred Cantwell Smith is one of the most important contemporary voices in the study of religion. This book critically examines the idea of faith in Smith's writings and explores the relevance of his conception of faith for the future study of religion. Smith's distinctive notion of faith calls forth a new religious anthropology of homo fidei or the «human as faith-ing.» The idea of faith is, in short, a generative concept that implies a new and potentially revolutionary methodological approach to the study of religion. Special attention is paid to the implications of Smith's ideas for the phenomenology of religion and the postmodern age.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
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Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-5112-1 (9780820451121)
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The Author: Kuk-Won Bae is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Korea Baptist University. He received his Ph.D. in the study of religion from Harvard University. In addition to numerous articles in professional journals both in Korean and English, he is the author of Thematic Studies in the Philosophy of Religion in Korean.