Author: H. N. FairchildPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231515160
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Religious Trends in English Poetry
Religious Trends in English Poetry
Author: H. N. FairchildPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231515160
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Religious Trends in English Poetry
Religious Trends in English Poetry: 1780-1830: Romantic faith
Author: Hoxie Neale FairchildPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Religious Trends in English Poetry
Author: Hoxie Neale FairchildPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Religious Trends in English Poetry: 1700-1740. Protestantism and the cult of sentiment
Author: Hoxie Neale FairchildPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Religious Trends in English Poetry: 1880-1920: Gods of a changing poetry
Author: Hoxie Neale FairchildPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Religious trends in English poetry
Author: Hoxie N. FairchildReligious Trends in English Poetry: 1740-1780. Religious sentimentalism in the age of Johnson
Author: Hoxie Neale FairchildPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Religious Trends in English Poetry: 1920-1965. Valley of dry bones
Author: Hoxie Neale FairchildPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Religious Trends in English Poetry: 1780-1830: Romantic faith
Author: Hoxie Neale FairchildPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Religion as Poetry
Author: Andrew M. GreeleyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351493787
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Religion as Poetry continues in the grand tradition of the sociology of religion pioneered by Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Talcott Parsons, among other giants in intellectual history. Too many present-day sociologists either ignore or disparage religious currents. In this provocative book, Andrew M. Greeley argues that various religions have endured for thousands of years as poetic rituals and stories. Religion as Poetry proposes a theoretical framework for understanding religion that emphasizes insights derived from religious stories. By virtue of his own rare abilities as a novelist as well as sociologist, Greeley is uniquely qualified for this task.Greeley first considers classical theories of the sociology of religion, and then, drawing upon them, he explicates his own interpretation. He critically examines the viewpoint that society is becoming more secular, and that religion is declining. He observes that this theory stands in the way of persuading sociologists that religion is still worth studying. In contrast, Greeley is interested in why religions persist despite secular trends and alongside them. He argues that it is poetic elements that touch the human soul. Greeley then sets out to test this viewpoint.Greeley maintains that his theory is not the only, or necessarily even the best approach to study religion. Rather, it is his contention that it uniquely provides sociologists with perspectives on religion that other theories too often overlook or disregard. Religion as Poetry, an original and intriguing study by a distinguished social scientist and major novelist, will be enjoyed and evaluated by sociologists, ' theologians, and philosophers alike.