Thought Relics

Thought Relics
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher:
Total Pages: 158
Release: 1921
Genre: Bengali literature
ISBN:

More Than Discourse

More Than Discourse
Author: Donald A. Crosby
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1438453752

Discusses the role of symbols in religion and suggests particular symbols appropriate to religious naturalism. Religious life involves more than prosaically stated beliefs. It also encompasses attitudes, emotions, values, and practices whose meanings cannot be adequately captured in verbal assertions but require effective expression in forceful images, portrayals, and enactments of a nonliteral sort. Indeed, the world’s religious traditions are each marked by rich and distinctive symbols. In More Than Discourse, Donald A. Crosby discusses the nature of symbols in religion and investigates symbols appropriate for religious naturalism or what he terms Religion of Nature. This is a religious outlook that holds the natural world to be the only world; it is sacred but without any supernatural domain or presence underlying it. Warning against a too-literalistic approach to any religion by either its adherents or its critics, Crosby discusses the nature and roles of religious symbols, how they work, and their particular kinds of truth or falsity. A set of criteria for evaluating the effectiveness and meaning of religious symbols is provided along with explorations of specific symbols Crosby finds to be highly significant for Religion of Nature.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author: Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Publisher:
Total Pages: 418
Release: 1923
Genre: Public libraries
ISBN:

Anthropology and Theology

Anthropology and Theology
Author: Douglas Davies
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-05-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000183580

Anthropology and Christian Theology have traditionally interpreted religion in quite different ways and have often been thought of as hostile to one another. In fact, a fundamental concern for human experience lies at the heart of both disciplines. This innovative book takes a new look at key anthropological and theological themes, and explores the intricacies of their interplay throughout history and in the present. Sacrifice, embodiment, ritual, incarnation, symbolism, gift and power are all related in ways that shed new light on religious behaviour and belief. Detailed analysis of fundamental Christian rites shows how they help generate emotional meaning and inspire philosophical ideas, and demonstrates how the body serves as a vehicle for religious beliefs. Through an examination of these issues and much more, Davies reveals how religious rituals help people to become secure in their sense of identity. This accessible foray into new territory is essential reading for anthropologists, theologians, or anyone interested in religion who is seeking new interpretations of familiar themes.

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore
Author: Katherine Henn
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press ; [Philadelphia] : American Theological Library Association
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1985
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The Fugitive

The Fugitive
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher: MacMillan
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1921
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Selection of one-act plays and poems

Creative Unity

Creative Unity
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher:
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1922
Genre: Hindu philosophy
ISBN: