Vgl.: Religion und Religionen - Allgemeines und Einführungen (Ein-Sichten)
ABSTRACT
What is religion and how does it originate? What are its functions and how does it work? These are some of the key questions addressed by theories of religion. Far from being a past concern, a series of new answers have been proposed since the beginning of our present millennium by evolutionary biologists and psychologists, philosophers, sociologists, and scholars of religion.
In 21st Century Theories of Religion, Michael Stausberg is joined by leading scholars from Europe and North America to present and critically discuss fifteen contemporary theories. Contributions introduce the theoreticians, unpack their arguments, review their reception, and engage in critical debates. The volume provides a cutting-edge point of entry into a key conversation that no student and scholar of religion/s can afford to ignore.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|15 pages
A rational choice-based theory of religion
On Rodney Stark and Roger Finke, Acts of Faith (2000)
chapter 3|19 pages
Religion as differentiated communication
On Niklas Luhmann, A Systems Theory of Religion ([2000] 2013)
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chapter 4|21 pages
Religion as the unintended product of brain functions in the ‘standard cognitive science of religion model’
On Pascal Boyer, Religion Explained (2001) and The Fracture of an Illusion (2010)
chapter 6|16 pages
Religion as a costly but beneficial evolutionary by-product
On Scott Atran, In Gods We Trust (2002)
chapter 8|19 pages
Practices and the promise of salvation
On Martin Riesebrodt, The Promise of Salvation (2007/2010)
chapter 11|15 pages
Social practice as a holistic frame
On Stephen S. Bush, Visions of Religion (2014)
chapter 13|15 pages
Life in a strange world
On Gavin Flood, Religion and the Philosophy of Life (2019)
chapter 14|20 pages
Orchids and ghosts, concrete and coal
On Paul-François Tremlett, Towards a New Theory of Religion and Social Change (2020)
chapter 15|19 pages
The evolution of semiotic systems
On Volkhard Krech, Evolution der Religion (2021)
chapter 16|15 pages
Davidsonian semantic holism as meta-theoretical framework
On Gabriel Levy, Beyond Heaven and Earth (2022)
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