- Paperback: 640 pages
- Publisher: Oneworld Publications; illustrated edition edition (1 April 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1851681612
- ISBN-13: 978-1851681617
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.1 x 3.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 172,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From earliest civilizations to the modern world, this text is a complete study of the role of religion in human culture. It does not offer a chapter-by-chapter presentation of the key practices and beliefs of the major religious traditions of the world, but rather explores the phenomenon of religion from a thematic point of view by posing questions on the nature of religion. Arranged into three main fields of enquiry - the religious experience, conceptual aspects of religion and religion in society - this study draws examples from all the major religious traditions, East and West, ancient and contemporary.
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Dr Moojan Momen is a widely published author in the field of world religions. He is author of A Short Introduction to the Baha'i' Faith (Oneworld).
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One of the Best Books Ever Written, 30 Nov 2008
By Barbara Ellis "barbara ellis" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Phenomenon of Religion: A Thematic Approach (Paperback)
This is one of the best books ever written on Religion and the history and development of religion. This book ia a "must have" for anyone that has anything to say about religion. Every paragraph is so explainatory and well writen. I am going to keep it as a reference book in my personal library. So much work and thinking has gone into this book and it is easy to read. It flows nicely. Buy it and become informed about what people belive deep in their hearts.
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BIG but Simple, 4 April 2000
By "thebutternut" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Phenomenon of Religion: A Thematic Approach (Paperback)
A well presented work comprised of three "fields of enquiry": Religious Experience and it's expression, conceptual aspects of religion, and religion in society. It's essentially a book which compares religions and philosophies, all while using themes from other areas of study as psycology and sociology.It's a fairly large book, around 600 pages, but the simplistic style of authoring doesn't make it a chore as other comparitive religion books.
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Astonishingly encyclopedic and readable, 14 July 2007
By César González Rouco - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Phenomenon of Religion: A Thematic Approach (Paperback)
It is difficult nowadays to get an objective, nuanced opinion on religion, neither flattering nor biased against it. If I were to recommend a way to try and achieve that, I would suggest to read several good books on the matter, including this among them, for in my opinion this is a masterful work that can be savoured by the professional scholar and the educated layperson alike.
In "The Phenomenon of Religion: A Thematic Approach," Moojan Momen has undertaken a sweeping survey of religious phenomena and experience across the globe and throughout history. He analyzes various aspects of religion including chapters on "The Concept of Religion," "Pathways to Religious Experience," "Suffering, Sacrifice and Salvation," and "Fundamentalism and Liberalism." He examines what six major independent world religions - the Bahá'í Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism - have to say about each theme, and/or what their followers have come to understand or experience. As a resource on comparative religious studies, it an outstanding reference for anyone concerned with religion.
All that (and much much much more that I do not mention in this summary) is exhaustively developed in some 500 pages (626 pages with notes and index).
Therefore, my rate is between 5 (content) and 5 (pleasure, sometimes falling to 4).
Please see in any event the excellent review available in http://www.onecountry.org/e132/e13216as_Review_Phenonenon.htm which encouraged me to buy this book.
Other books I would recommend to read are the following: "Vampires, Burial, and Death : Folklore and Reality" by Paul Barber; "Ecstasies: Deciphering the witches' Sabbath", by Carlo Ginzburg; "Shamans, Sorcerers, and Saints: A Prehistory of Religion" by Brian Hayden; and "Islam. History, present, future" by Hans Küng (also a masterpiece).
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