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Gold Daniel |
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Titolo |
Aesthetics and analysis in writing on religion [[electronic resource] ] : modern fascinations / / Daniel Gold |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-75918-3 |
1-59734-453-2 |
0-520-92951-9 |
9786612759185 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (315 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religious literature - Authorship |
Aesthetics - Religious aspects |
Religion - Methodology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-295) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Modern Dilemmas in Writing on Religion -- 1. Fascinated Scientists and Empathizing Theologians -- 2. Finding Middle Grounds -- 3. A Creative Process -- 4. Other Scholars' UFOs -- 5. The Religio-historical Sublime -- 6. Relating Stories about Religious Traditions -- 7. Aesthetic Objects and Objective Knowledge -- 8. Interpreting Anew and Alone: Vision and Succession in Dutch Phenomenology -- 9. Explaining Together: The Excitement of Diffusionist Ideas -- 10. Interpreting Together: The Cambridge Ritualists' Affair of the Intellect -- 11. Concepts of Collectivity and the Fabric of Religio-historical Knowledge -- Afterword: The Future of Modern Dilemmas -- Notes -- Frequently Cited Sources -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book addresses a fundamental dilemma in religious studies. Exploring the tension between humanistic and social scientific approaches to thinking and writing about religion, Daniel Gold develops a line of argument that begins with the aesthetics of academic writing in the field. He shows that successful writers on religion employ characteristic aesthetic strategies in communicating their visions of |
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