The Concept of Deity: A Comparative and Historical Study. The Wilde Lectures in Natural and Comparative Religion in the University of Oxford

by E.O. James

Book Overview

For good or ill, most, if not all, of the great institutions which have formed the framework of society have had their roots in the idea of Deity as a beneficent providential order of transcendental reality. In being handed down through countless generations the beliefs, concepts and customs have assumed a great variety of new outward forms in the process of transmission and development. To determine their true meaning and function as a cohesive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138194565
• ISBN13: 9781138194564
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"