num_pages: 152
description: Clears the ground for students who are setting out to understand, rather than just to practice, religion. It discusses, among other things, the relationship between commitment to a particular tradition and the quest for intellectual understanding of religion "in the round", "holiness" as an identifying aspect of religion, functional "modes" of religion, and finally some questions connected with thesecularization process.Assuming throughout that theology and religious studies ought not to be seen as competing approaches, but as sources for complementary insights, it offers the student a fundamental introduction to an important area of inquiry.
language: English
title: Understanding Religion
titlecomplete: Understanding Religion (Studies in Theology)
genres: Religion, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Bristol Classical Press