Explaining religion
Subtitle: criticism and theory from Bodin to Freud
By: J. Samuel Preus.
Series: Texts and translations series / American Academy of Religion ;; no. 16; Texts and translations series (American Academy of Religion) ;; no. 16.
Publisher: Scholars Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Atlanta, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Religion -- Study and teaching -- History.
Description: Beginning in the sixteenth century, increasing levels of critical detachment from theological presuppositions and commitments led to the question of origins being posed from an altogether non-religious point of view. As the title suggests, this new modernist paradigm was characterized by the conviction that religion could indeed be explained in scientific terms, as could any other object of critical investigation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-225) and index.
Originally published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1987.