
Religious Reading
The Place of Reading in the Practice of Religion
Paul J. Griffiths(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 17. June 1999
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-19-512577-1 (ISBN)
Description
What social conditions and intellectual practices are necessary in order for religious cultures to flourish? Paul Griffiths finds the answer in 'religious reading' -- the kind of reading in which a religious believer allows his mind to be furnished and his heart instructed by a sacred text, understood in the light of an authoritative tradition. He favourably contrasts the practices and pedagogies of traditional religious cultures with those of our own fragmented and secularized culture and insists that religious reading should be preserved.
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A provocative book that deserves the serious consideration of every scholar in the field ... a book that has the potential for stimulating important discussions about our roles in the modern study of religion * Religion *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
527 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-512577-1 (9780195125771)
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E-Book
05/1999
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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Person
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Professor of the Philosophy of ReligionProfessor of the Philosophy of Religion, University of Chicago Divinity School
Content
1: Religion
2: Religion and Literary Work
3: The Context of Religious Reading
4: The Fundamental Genres of Religious Reading
5: Commentary and Anthology in Buddhist India
6: Commentary and Anthology in Roman Africa
Conclusion
Notes
Index
2: Religion and Literary Work
3: The Context of Religious Reading
4: The Fundamental Genres of Religious Reading
5: Commentary and Anthology in Buddhist India
6: Commentary and Anthology in Roman Africa
Conclusion
Notes
Index