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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785609903321

Autore

Barnhart Joe E. <1931->

Titolo

The study of religion and its meaning : new explorations in light of Karl Popper and Emile Durkheim / / J.E. Barnhart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The Hague ; ; New York : , : Mouton, , 1977

©1977

ISBN

3-11-081000-X

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 216 pages)

Collana

Religion and Reason ; ; 12

Classificazione

BE 1580

Disciplina

200/.1

Soggetti

Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Problems in Defining 'Religion' -- 2. Responses to the Concern with Finitude -- 3. The Emotional Dimension of Religious Responses -- 4. The Moral Dimension of Religion -- 5. Religious Education -- 6. The Mystic and God -- 7. Core-deprivation and the Promise of Fulfillment -- 8. Is God Verifiable? -- 9. Relativism and Contradiction -- 10. David Hume's Threat to Faith -- 11. Meaning in Theology -- 12. The-Meaning-of-Life Question -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Subject Index -- Back matter