Summary and Interim Conclusions
We have surveyed briefly in this essay three interrelated topics, all of which have a central bearing upon the study of religion and religions. The question of the type of knowledge or understanding which we seek in such study clearly has a number of answers, of which we selected three main types.
The focus of our attention, and the method of enquiry which we should follow, have equally in each case a number of possible answers. The outcome is a grid of considerable detailed complexity if we were to fill in all possible variables, and which would require at least three dimensions to represent. The point here is not to distract the reader into trying to visualise such a grid, but rather to indicate the reasons for the degree of variety and flexibility of approach which will be necessary in a single volume devoted to the study of The World’s Religions.Bibliography
Aquinas, Thomas Summa Theologiae, Latin text and English translation in 60 volumes (Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, and McGraw-Hill, New York, 1964ff.)
Barth, Karl Church Dogmatics, English translation (T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1936ff.) Freud, S. The Future of an Illusion (Hogarth Press, London, 1928)
James, W. The Varieties of Religious Experience (Collins Fontana, London, 1960) Weber, M. The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism (Unwin, London, 1930) Zahn, G. In Solitary Witness (Chapman, London, 1964)
More on the topic Summary and Interim Conclusions:
- Summary and Interim Conclusions
- Clarke Peter et al. (eds.). The World's Religions. Routledge,1988. — 995 p., 1988
- ADR in England and Wales
- Conclusion
- Protection of Usufruct
- Conclusion
- 2. Ab Urbe Condita to the Enactment of the XII Tables
- Controlling Fees and Costs
- THE SENATORIAL COURT UNDER THE JULIO-CLAUDIANS
- Seneca’s Ad Marciam and Ad Helviam matrem