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Slain God Anthropologists and the Christian Faith

Larsen Timothy
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198757429
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
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322 gr
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216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
15 mm
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UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

Forfatter
Larsen Timothy

Om bidragsyterne

Timothy Larsen is McManis Professor of Christian Thought, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Anthropological Institute. He has been a Visiting Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, and some of the research for this volume was undertaken while a Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford. His previous monographs published by Oxford University Press are Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England and A People of One Book: The Bible and the Victorians.

Slain God Anthropologists and the Christian Faith

Larsen Timothy
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
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This is a startling book. Many anthropologists do not realize how deeply religious many of the great anthropologists of religion have been. The Slain God raises the question of how faith shapes what the anthropologist sees, and it will change the way the reader thinks about the answer.

Tanya Luhrmann, Watkins University Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University

Larsen's book is beautifully written and based on the most patient scrutiny of every scrap of evidence. It provides an authoritative account of some of anthropology's most influential practitioners.

David Martin, London School of Economics

This well-written and finely research book ... should be widely discussed in a variety of circles concerned with anthropology, religious studies, theology and the history of religion

Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Se alle

a welcome contribution to the history of anthropology ... Larsen's narrative and sharp observations skilfully weave together authors' biographical experiences with their theoretical and ethnographic findings ... I hope this book will break for good certain unspoken taboos in the discipline that one cannot be at the same time a serious anthropologist and a practising 'believer'.

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

One of the many virtues of Larsen's study is its revealing of the 'all too human' character of the scholarship by the anthropologists he examines.

Christian Smith, First Things

Readers interested in continuing debates over faith, science and secularism will find much of value in this very important book. The further you get into the book, the more astonished you are that no predecessor has written such a full-length study of this critically important topic.

Philip Jenkins, Patheos

Witty, penetrating, following the evidence where it leads, this book is a great delight.

John Wilson, Book of the Year 2014, Books and Culture

Larsen's book is clearly and delightfully written. It is, he says, the first book-length study of the subject, and it is as welcome as it is overdue

Peter J. Leithart

As in his earlier work, Larsen disrupts a teleological vision of religion condemned to disappear before the forces of progress and modernity. He is to be congratulated for challenging this narrative head-on and confronting what amounts to anti-religious bias in the human sciences

Journal of Theological Studies

In his latest book, The Slain God, Timothy Larsen provides a compelling account of the complex relationship between anthropology and the Christian faith . . . His is the first book-length study of the relationship between anthropology and Christianity and as such is of interest to anyone who wishes to understand this relationship better. The book is also particularly timely in view of the recent resurgence of interest in these issues in the anthropology of Christianity

Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford

This book will be greeted as something of a bombshell amongst anthropologists of religion...a highly original book that should be with us for a long time to come.

Joel Robbins, Sigrid Rausing Professor of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University

Throughout its entire history, the discipline of anthropology has been perceived as undermining, or even discrediting, Christian faith. Many of its most prominent theorists have been agnostics who assumed that ethnographic findings and theories had discredited religious beliefs. E. B. Tylor, the founder of the discipline in Britain, lost his faith through studying anthropology. James Frazer saw the material that he presented in his highly influential work, The Golden Bough, as demonstrating that Christian thought was based on the erroneous thought patterns of 'savages.' On the other hand, some of the most eminent anthropologists have been Christians, including E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Mary Douglas, Victor Turner, and Edith Turner. Moreover, they openly presented articulate reasons for how their religious convictions cohered with their professional work. Despite being a major site of friction between faith and modern thought, the relationship between anthropology and Christianity has never before been the subject of a book-length study. In this groundbreaking work, Timothy Larsen examines the point where doubt and faith collide with anthropological theory and evidence.
Les mer
This book is a history of the relationship between the discipline of anthropology and the Christian faith. It explores how leading anthropologists have come to believe that ethnographic findings and evidence made Christianity no longer tenable.
Les mer
Acknowledgments ; Introduction: Anthropology, History, and Doubt ; 1. Edward Burnett Tylor ; 2. James George Frazer ; 3. E. E. Evans-Pritchard ; 4. Mary Douglas ; 5. Victor Turner and Edith Turner ; Epilogue: The Ever-Recurring Drama ; Works Cited
Les mer
`This is a startling book. Many anthropologists do not realize how deeply religious many of the great anthropologists of religion have been. The Slain God raises the question of how faith shapes what the anthropologist sees, and it will change the way the reader thinks about the answer.' Tanya Luhrmann, Watkins University Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University `Larsen's book is beautifully written and based on the most patient scrutiny of every scrap of evidence. It provides an authoritative account of some of anthropology's most influential practitioners.' David Martin, London School of Economics `This well-written and finely research book ... should be widely discussed in a variety of circles concerned with anthropology, religious studies, theology and the history of religion' Journal of Ecclesiastical History `a welcome contribution to the history of anthropology ... Larsen's narrative and sharp observations skilfully weave together authors' biographical experiences with their theoretical and ethnographic findings ... I hope this book will break for good certain unspoken taboos in the discipline that one cannot be at the same time a serious anthropologist and a practising 'believer'.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute `One of the many virtues of Larsen's study is its revealing of the 'all too human' character of the scholarship by the anthropologists he examines.' Christian Smith, First Things `Readers interested in continuing debates over faith, science and secularism will find much of value in this very important book. The further you get into the book, the more astonished you are that no predecessor has written such a full-length study of this critically important topic.' Philip Jenkins, Patheos `Witty, penetrating, following the evidence where it leads, this book is a great delight.' John Wilson, Book of the Year 2014, Books and Culture `Larsen's book is clearly and delightfully written. It is, he says, the first book-length study of the subject, and it is as welcome as it is overdue' Peter J. Leithart `As in his earlier work, Larsen disrupts a teleological vision of religion condemned to disappear before the forces of progress and modernity. He is to be congratulated for challenging this narrative head-on and confronting what amounts to anti-religious bias in the human sciences' Journal of Theological Studies `In his latest book, The Slain God, Timothy Larsen provides a compelling account of the complex relationship between anthropology and the Christian faith . . . His is the first book-length study of the relationship between anthropology and Christianity and as such is of interest to anyone who wishes to understand this relationship better. The book is also particularly timely in view of the recent resurgence of interest in these issues in the anthropology of Christianity' Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford `This book will be greeted as something of a bombshell amongst anthropologists of religion...a highly original book that should be with us for a long time to come.' Joel Robbins, Sigrid Rausing Professor of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University
Les mer
Examines the point where doubt and faith collide with anthropological theory and evidence An important contribution to the history of the discipline of anthropology Adds to our understanding of the lives and thought of figures whose work has been influential in the field of Religious Studies Discusses eminent anthropologists, such as E. B. Tylor, James Frazer, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, and Mary Douglas
Les mer
Timothy Larsen is McManis Professor of Christian Thought, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Anthropological Institute. He has been a Visiting Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, and some of the research for this volume was undertaken while a Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford. His previous monographs published by Oxford University Press are Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England and A People of One Book: The Bible and the Victorians.
Les mer
Examines the point where doubt and faith collide with anthropological theory and evidence An important contribution to the history of the discipline of anthropology Adds to our understanding of the lives and thought of figures whose work has been influential in the field of Religious Studies Discusses eminent anthropologists, such as E. B. Tylor, James Frazer, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, and Mary Douglas
Les mer

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This is a startling book. Many anthropologists do not realize how deeply religious many of the great anthropologists of religion have been. The Slain God raises the question of how faith shapes what the anthropologist sees, and it will change the way the reader thinks about the answer.

Tanya Luhrmann, Watkins University Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University

Larsen's book is beautifully written and based on the most patient scrutiny of every scrap of evidence. It provides an authoritative account of some of anthropology's most influential practitioners.

David Martin, London School of Economics

This well-written and finely research book ... should be widely discussed in a variety of circles concerned with anthropology, religious studies, theology and the history of religion

Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Se alle

a welcome contribution to the history of anthropology ... Larsen's narrative and sharp observations skilfully weave together authors' biographical experiences with their theoretical and ethnographic findings ... I hope this book will break for good certain unspoken taboos in the discipline that one cannot be at the same time a serious anthropologist and a practising 'believer'.

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

One of the many virtues of Larsen's study is its revealing of the 'all too human' character of the scholarship by the anthropologists he examines.

Christian Smith, First Things

Readers interested in continuing debates over faith, science and secularism will find much of value in this very important book. The further you get into the book, the more astonished you are that no predecessor has written such a full-length study of this critically important topic.

Philip Jenkins, Patheos

Witty, penetrating, following the evidence where it leads, this book is a great delight.

John Wilson, Book of the Year 2014, Books and Culture

Larsen's book is clearly and delightfully written. It is, he says, the first book-length study of the subject, and it is as welcome as it is overdue

Peter J. Leithart

As in his earlier work, Larsen disrupts a teleological vision of religion condemned to disappear before the forces of progress and modernity. He is to be congratulated for challenging this narrative head-on and confronting what amounts to anti-religious bias in the human sciences

Journal of Theological Studies

In his latest book, The Slain God, Timothy Larsen provides a compelling account of the complex relationship between anthropology and the Christian faith . . . His is the first book-length study of the relationship between anthropology and Christianity and as such is of interest to anyone who wishes to understand this relationship better. The book is also particularly timely in view of the recent resurgence of interest in these issues in the anthropology of Christianity

Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford

This book will be greeted as something of a bombshell amongst anthropologists of religion...a highly original book that should be with us for a long time to come.

Joel Robbins, Sigrid Rausing Professor of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University

Throughout its entire history, the discipline of anthropology has been perceived as undermining, or even discrediting, Christian faith. Many of its most prominent theorists have been agnostics who assumed that ethnographic findings and theories had discredited religious beliefs. E. B. Tylor, the founder of the discipline in Britain, lost his faith through studying anthropology. James Frazer saw the material that he presented in his highly influential work, The Golden Bough, as demonstrating that Christian thought was based on the erroneous thought patterns of 'savages.' On the other hand, some of the most eminent anthropologists have been Christians, including E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Mary Douglas, Victor Turner, and Edith Turner. Moreover, they openly presented articulate reasons for how their religious convictions cohered with their professional work. Despite being a major site of friction between faith and modern thought, the relationship between anthropology and Christianity has never before been the subject of a book-length study. In this groundbreaking work, Timothy Larsen examines the point where doubt and faith collide with anthropological theory and evidence.
Les mer
This book is a history of the relationship between the discipline of anthropology and the Christian faith. It explores how leading anthropologists have come to believe that ethnographic findings and evidence made Christianity no longer tenable.
Les mer
Acknowledgments ; Introduction: Anthropology, History, and Doubt ; 1. Edward Burnett Tylor ; 2. James George Frazer ; 3. E. E. Evans-Pritchard ; 4. Mary Douglas ; 5. Victor Turner and Edith Turner ; Epilogue: The Ever-Recurring Drama ; Works Cited
Les mer
`This is a startling book. Many anthropologists do not realize how deeply religious many of the great anthropologists of religion have been. The Slain God raises the question of how faith shapes what the anthropologist sees, and it will change the way the reader thinks about the answer.' Tanya Luhrmann, Watkins University Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University `Larsen's book is beautifully written and based on the most patient scrutiny of every scrap of evidence. It provides an authoritative account of some of anthropology's most influential practitioners.' David Martin, London School of Economics `This well-written and finely research book ... should be widely discussed in a variety of circles concerned with anthropology, religious studies, theology and the history of religion' Journal of Ecclesiastical History `a welcome contribution to the history of anthropology ... Larsen's narrative and sharp observations skilfully weave together authors' biographical experiences with their theoretical and ethnographic findings ... I hope this book will break for good certain unspoken taboos in the discipline that one cannot be at the same time a serious anthropologist and a practising 'believer'.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute `One of the many virtues of Larsen's study is its revealing of the 'all too human' character of the scholarship by the anthropologists he examines.' Christian Smith, First Things `Readers interested in continuing debates over faith, science and secularism will find much of value in this very important book. The further you get into the book, the more astonished you are that no predecessor has written such a full-length study of this critically important topic.' Philip Jenkins, Patheos `Witty, penetrating, following the evidence where it leads, this book is a great delight.' John Wilson, Book of the Year 2014, Books and Culture `Larsen's book is clearly and delightfully written. It is, he says, the first book-length study of the subject, and it is as welcome as it is overdue' Peter J. Leithart `As in his earlier work, Larsen disrupts a teleological vision of religion condemned to disappear before the forces of progress and modernity. He is to be congratulated for challenging this narrative head-on and confronting what amounts to anti-religious bias in the human sciences' Journal of Theological Studies `In his latest book, The Slain God, Timothy Larsen provides a compelling account of the complex relationship between anthropology and the Christian faith . . . His is the first book-length study of the relationship between anthropology and Christianity and as such is of interest to anyone who wishes to understand this relationship better. The book is also particularly timely in view of the recent resurgence of interest in these issues in the anthropology of Christianity' Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford `This book will be greeted as something of a bombshell amongst anthropologists of religion...a highly original book that should be with us for a long time to come.' Joel Robbins, Sigrid Rausing Professor of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University
Les mer
Examines the point where doubt and faith collide with anthropological theory and evidence An important contribution to the history of the discipline of anthropology Adds to our understanding of the lives and thought of figures whose work has been influential in the field of Religious Studies Discusses eminent anthropologists, such as E. B. Tylor, James Frazer, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, and Mary Douglas
Les mer
Timothy Larsen is McManis Professor of Christian Thought, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Anthropological Institute. He has been a Visiting Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, and some of the research for this volume was undertaken while a Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford. His previous monographs published by Oxford University Press are Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England and A People of One Book: The Bible and the Victorians.
Les mer
Examines the point where doubt and faith collide with anthropological theory and evidence An important contribution to the history of the discipline of anthropology Adds to our understanding of the lives and thought of figures whose work has been influential in the field of Religious Studies Discusses eminent anthropologists, such as E. B. Tylor, James Frazer, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, and Mary Douglas
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198757429
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
322 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

Forfatter
Larsen Timothy

Om bidragsyterne

Timothy Larsen is McManis Professor of Christian Thought, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Anthropological Institute. He has been a Visiting Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, and some of the research for this volume was undertaken while a Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford. His previous monographs published by Oxford University Press are Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England and A People of One Book: The Bible and the Victorians.

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