The History of Religions: Understanding Human Experience

by Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa

Book Overview

This volume collects essays by the renowned scholar and historian of religion Joseph M. Kitagawa. The collection is organized into three parts. Part one presents essays examining such topics as the history of the discipline, its place in the academy, and some of its basic categories and tenets. Part two offers what Kitagawa calls studies in "applied history of religions." These essays demonstrate how insights derived from the practice of the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555401287
• ISBN13: 9781555401283
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"