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Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars

Critical Explorations in the History of Religions [Paperback]

by Bruce Lincoln

    • Author

      Bruce Lincoln

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      The University of Chicago Press

    • Published

      April 2012

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      Bruce Lincoln is one of the most prominent advocates within religious studies for an uncompromisingly critical approach to the phenomenon of religion-historians of religions, he believes, should resist the preferred narratives and self-understanding of religions themselves, especially when their stories are endowed with sacred origins and authority. In "Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars", Lincoln assembles a collection of essays that both illustrates and reveals the benefits of his methodology, making a case for a critical religious studies that starts with skepticism but is neither cynical nor crude. The book begins with Lincoln's "Theses on Method" and ends with "The (Un)discipline of Religious Studies," in which he unsparingly considers the failings of uncritical and nonhistorical approaches to the study of religions. In between, Lincoln presents new examinations of problems in ancient religions and relates these cases to larger comparative themes.While bringing to light important features of the formation of pantheons and the constructions of demons, chaos, and the dead, Lincoln demonstrates that historians of religions should take religious things-inspired scriptures, sacred centers, salvific rites, communities graced by divine favor-as the theories of interested humans that shape perception, community, and experiences. As he shows, it is for their terrestrial influence, and not their sacred origins, that religious phenomena merit consideration by the historian. Tackling many questions central to religious study, "Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars" will be a touchstone for the history of religions in the twenty-first century.

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      • Author

        Bruce Lincoln

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        The University of Chicago Press

      • Published

        April 2012

      • Weight

        368g

      • Page Count

        320

      • Dimensions

        150 x 227 x 15 mm

      • ISBN

        9780226481876

      • ISBN-10

        0226481875

      • Eden Code

        4024456

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      • Author/Creator: Bruce Lincoln

      • ISBN: 9780226481876

      • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

      • Release Date: April 2012

      • Weight: 368g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 227 x 15 mm

      • Eden Code: 4024456


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