Title: Explaining religion
First published: 1987
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.
Subjects: Religion, Study and teaching, History, Étude et enseignement, Histoire, Godsdienst, Verklaring, Valláskritika, Religion, study and teaching, Religious thought, Religion, history