Defining Religion: Essays in Philosophy of Religion

by Robert C Neville and Robert Cummings Neville

Book Overview

In this collection of essays, written over the past decade, Robert Cummings Neville addresses contemporary debates about the concept of religion and the importance of the comparative method in theology, while advancing and defending his own original definition of religion. Neville's hypothesis is that religion is a cognitive, existential, and practical engagement of ultimate realities-five ultimate conditions of existence that need to be engaged by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438469586
• ISBN13: 9781438469584
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.8"