The science of religion in Britain, 1860-1915
By: Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay.
Series: Victorian literature and culture series
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780813930107; 9780813930510
Subjects: Religion -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Religion historians -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Religion -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Religion historians -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The study of religion before 1860; title: Friedrich Max Muller : the annunciation of a new science; title: Edward B. Tylor : the forging of an anthropological orthodoxy; title: Andrew Lang : the antipositivist critique; title: William Robertson Smith : a new departure; title: James G. Frazer : the orthodoxy monumentalized; title: Jane Ellen Harrison : the redefinition of religion.