Varieties of Religious Invention Founders and Their Functions in History |
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| Editor:
| Gray, Patrick |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-935972-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $43.99 |
Book Description:
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What does it mean to call someone the "founder" of a religion? How have debates about figures such as Jesus, Muhammad, and Confucius served as proxies for broader cultural, theological, or political questions? The contributors to Varieties of Religious Invention survey the landscape shaped by these questions within the world's major religious traditions.
What does it mean to call someone the "founder" of a religion? How have debates about figures such as Jesus, Muhammad, and Confucius served as proxies for broader cultural, theological, or political questions? The contributors to Varieties of Religious Invention survey the landscape shaped by these questions within the world's major religious traditions.