Patterns of Comparative Religion.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - minimal vergilbt, ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / minimally yellowed, otherwise perfect condition - ivurcea Eiiaae The primary goal of this study is to determine the nature of religion through its various manifestations. It is not a handbook. Instead it is an examination based on sound scholarship of religious facts throughout the ages and their relationship to each other and to the nature of religion as a whole. Since Professor Eliade believes strictly historical, chronological, or categorical approaches to religion are misleading, he views the �diverse and chaotic mass of actions, beliefs and systems which go together to make up what one may call the religious phenomenon� as something of a very special character which should be studied in itself before it is related to other social, economic, and linguistic factors. Through this approach he leads the reader to a basic understanding of the mystery of religion. ISBN 9780452007284