A Theory of Primitive Christian Religion

A Theory of Primitive Christian Religion PDF

Author: Gerd Theissen

Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9780334029137

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A discussion of 'primitive' Christianity - Christianity in its original form, this work was first given as Speaker's Lectures in Oxford. Covering the first five centuries of Christianity, it argues that neither a theology of the New Testament nor a history of the early Church can do justice to all the dimensions of the earliest Christianity. It explores in depth the formation of primitive Christianity and studies the effect of the two great crises of primitive Christianity: the split with Judaism and the threat from Gnosticism. It is aimed at academic theologians.

From Primitive to Indigenous

From Primitive to Indigenous PDF

Author: James L. Cox

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-22

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1317131894

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The academic study of Indigenous Religions developed historically from missiological and anthropological sources, but little analysis has been devoted to this classification within departments of religious studies. Evaluating this assumption in the light of case studies drawn from Zimbabwe, Alaska and shamanic traditions, and in view of current debates over 'primitivism', James Cox mounts a defence for the scholarly use of the category 'Indigenous Religions'.

Religion in Primitive Cultures

Religion in Primitive Cultures PDF

Author: Wilhelm Dupré

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-10-10

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 3110870053

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Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.