Religion Dans L'histoireMichel Despland, Gérard Vallée, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion The history of the concept of “religion” in Western tradition has intrigued scholars for years. This important collection of eighteen essays brings further light to the ongoing debate. Three of the invited participants, W.C. Smith, M. Despland and E. Feil, has each previously written impressive books treating this subject; the last two acknowledged the impact and continuing influence of Smith’s work, The Meaning and End of Religion. An introduction and a recapitulation of Smith’s contribution as a scholar set the stage for a retrospective look at the published literature. Contributors then examine the transformation of words (the classical religio to the modern religion), particularities of religion in nineteenth-century France, Troeltsch’s concept of religion, the study of religion from an Asian point of view and the categorization of “World Religions.” The concluding essays elaborate contemporary anthropological, cross-disciplinary, semiological, deconstructive and psychoanalytical methodological approaches to the concept and study of “religion.” Exploring critically different aspects of the concept and study of religion, these provocative essays typically reflect the methodological pluralism currently existing in the field of Religious Studies. Of interest to scholars and students alike, this collection also contains a complete bibliography of W.C. Smith’s publications. |
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... Smith : son apport , son oeuvre Michel Despland Première partie : Retours en arrière Part One : Looking Backward 3 Retrospective Thoughts on The Meaning and End of Religion Wilfred Cantwell Smith 4 La religion en Occident ...
... Smith , Hermeneutics , and the Subject - Object Syndrome John C. Robertson , Jr. 209 18 In Search of an Open Concept of Religion Jacques Waardenburg 225 Appendice / Appendix Wilfred Cantwell Smith : A Chronological Bibliography Compiled ...
... religion à l'université Laval , Québec . John C. Robertson is Professor of religious studies , McMaster University , Hamilton . Wilfred Cantwell Smith is Professor Emeritus of history of religions vii Contributors/Collaborateurs.
Michel Despland, Gérard Vallée, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion. Wilfred Cantwell Smith is Professor Emeritus of history of religions and lives in Toronto . Gérard Vallée est professeur de sciences religieuses , McMaster ...
... Smith , and Feil knew of both Smith and Despland . So far the elements common to the three . Methods of enquiry ... Wilfred Cantwell Smith expressly used the " history of ideas " method , scrutinizing the ways the word " reli- gion " has ...
Contents
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Les mots Ihistoire Part Two The Words The History | 29 |
Les idées la réalité Part Three Ideas and Reality | 131 |
AppendiceAppendix | 241 |