An introduction to the phenomenology of religion
By: James L. Cox.
Contributors: Cox, James L.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9781441191380; 9781441171597
Subjects: Religion -- Philosophy; Phenomenology
Description: "In this thoroughly revised edition, James Cox provides an easily accessible introduction to the phenomenology of religion, which he contends continues as a foundational method for the academic study of religion in the twenty-first century. After dealing with the problematic issue of defining religion, he describes the historical background to phenomenology by tracing its roots to developments in philosophy and the social sciences in the early twentieth century. The phenomenological method is then outlined as a step-by-step process, which includes a survey of the important classifications of religious behaviour. The author concludes with a discussion of the place of the phenomenology of religion in the current academic climate and argues that it can be aligned with the growing scholarly interest in the cognitive science of religion."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: "This book is a thorough revision of my earlier text, Expressing the sacred : an introduction to the phenomenology of religion, published first in 1992 by the University of Zimbabwe Publications in Harare, with a second edition appearing in 1996"--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-179) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Defining religion; title: Historical background : philosophical phenomenology and the social sciences; title: Stages in the phenomenological method; title: The phenomenological method : a case study; title: Myths and rituals; title: Religious practitioners and art; title: Scripture and morality; title: The special case of belief; title: The place of the phenomenology of religion in the current and future academic study of religion.