04166cam a2200625Mi 4500 ocn882769111 OCoLC 20200709060205.0 m d cr |n| 140705s2014 mau o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCO OCLCQ N$T 9781614515005 electronic bk. 161451500X electronic bk. 9781614518167 1614518165 (OCoLC)882769111 832631 (N$T) BL41 .D384 2014 REL 017000 bisacsh REL 113000 bisacsh REL 054000 bisacsh 200 N$TA Martin, Luther. Deep History, Secular Theory [electronic resource] : Historical and Scientific Studies of Religion. Boston : De Gruyter, 2014. 1 online resource (376 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Religion and Reason ; v.54 Print version record. Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Academic Study of Religion: A Theological or Theoretical Undertaking?; 2. The Academic Study of Religions during the Cold War: A Western Perspective; 3. Secular Theory and the Academic Study of Religion; 4. Of Religious Syncretism, Comparative Religion and Spiritual Quests; 5. To Use "Syncretism," or Not to Use "Syncretism": That is the Question; 6. Comparison; 7. Comparativism and Sociobiological Theory; 8. Akin to the Gods or Simply One to Another? Comparison with Respect to Religions in Antiquity. 9. Secrecy in Hellenistic Religious Communities10. The Anti-Individualistic Ideology of Hellenistic Culture; 11. Rationalism and Relativity in History of Religions Research; 12. Evolution, Cognition, and History; 13. Does Religion Really Evolve? (And What Is It Anyway?); 14. Religion and Cognition; 15. The Promise of Cognitive Science for the Study of Early Christianity; 16. Globalization, Syncretism, and Religion in Western Antiquity: Some Neurocognitive Considerations; 17. What Do Rituals Do (and How Do They Do It)? Cognition and the Study of Ritual; 18. The Deep History of Religious Ritual. 19. Performativity, Narrative, and Cognition: "Demythologizing" the Roman Cult of Mithras20. Cognitive Science, Ritual, and the Hellenistic Mystery Religions; 21. Why Christianity Was Accepted by Romans but Not by Rome; 22. Aspects of Religious Experience among the Hellenistic Mystery Religions; 23. The Uses (and Abuse) of the Cognitive Sciences for the Study of Religion; 24. The Future of the Past: The History of Religions and Cognitive Historiography; Author Index; Subject Index. Over the course of his career, Luther H. Martin has experimented with methodological approaches to the study of religion, particularly Hellenistic religions. This volume represents Martin's shift from comparative to socio-political to scientific studies of religion, and especially to the cognitive science of religion. The 25 contributions collected here, selected from over 100 essays, are representative of his work over the past two decades. Religion History. Religion. Theology. Religion. Religions. RELIGION / Comparative Religion bisacsh RELIGION / Essays bisacsh RELIGION / Reference bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Martin, Luther. Deep History, Secular Theory : Historical and Scientific Studies of Religion. Boston : De Gruyter, ©2014 9781614516194 Religion and reason. Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1575415 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=832631 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1575415 EBSCOhost EBSC 832631 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 55232 55232