Essays on religion
By: Georg Simmel ; edited and translated by Horst Jürgen Helle in collaboration with Ludwig Nieder ; foreword by Philip E. Hammond.
Contributors: Helle, Horst Jürgen.; Nieder, Ludwig, 1959-
Series: Monograph series / Society for the Scientific Study of Religion ;; v. 10; Monograph series (Society for the Scientific Study of Religion) ;; no. 10.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Religion.; Religion and sociology.
Description: The noted German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel wrote a number of essays that deal directly with religion as a fundamental process in human life. These essays set forth Simmel's mature reflections on religion and its relation to modernity, personality, art, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and science. They also include his views on methods in the study of religion and his thoughts on achieving a broader perspective on religion.

Originally published between 1898 and 1918, the last twenty years of Simmel's life, the essays are collected here in English for the first time. The essays provide an excellent picture of the development of the characteristic doctrines of Simmel's thought as applied to religion, based on phenomenological analysis of human experience that emphasizes the subjective dimensions of life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.