{"product_id":"nine-theories-of-religion","title":"Nine Theories of Religion","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy do human beings believe in divinities? Why do some seek eternal life, while others seek escape from recurring lives? Why do the beliefs and behaviors we typically call \"religious\" so deeply affect the human personality and so subtly weave their way through human society?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevised and updated in this third edition, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNine Theories of Religion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e considers how these fundamental questions have engaged the most important thinkers of the modern era. Accessible, systematic, and succinct, it considers the Victorian anthropology of E. B. Tylor and J. G. Frazer, the \"reductionist\" social science of Sigmund Freud, Émile Durkheim, and Karl Marx, the non-reductionist approaches of Max Weber, William James, and Mircea Eliade, and the alternative paradigms that have arisen from the work of E. E. Evans-Pritchard and Clifford Geertz. The third edition features a new chapter on William James. Each chapter offers biographical background, theoretical exposition, conceptual analysis, and critical assessment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIdeal as a supplementary text in introductory religion courses or as the main text in theory and method in religious studies or in sociology of religion courses, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNine Theories of Religion,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Third Edition, offers an illuminating treatment of this controversial and fascinating subject. It can be used as a stand-alone text or with the author's companion reader, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIntroducing Religion: Readings from the Classic Theorists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spiritbuilding Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49027725000954,"sku":"CNX197","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0287\/5683\/6484\/files\/Cover_a83e89f0-071b-458c-b167-bca278ea08f7.jpg?v=1781804531","url":"https:\/\/spiritbuilding.com\/products\/nine-theories-of-religion","provider":"Spiritbuilding Publishers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}