Essays in the History of Religions

by Joachim Wach

Book Overview

This important volume consists of 8 articles on the history of religions, some of them previously unpublished, that represent all 3 phases in Joachim Wach's thought. Wach, who taught the history of religions at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago from 1945 until his death in 1955, argued that the primary goal of the study of religion is the understanding of the religious experience and its expressions. Chapters include: master and disciple;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029335205
• ISBN13: 9780029335208
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.