The Science of Religion in Britain, 1860-1915 (Victorian Literature and Culture Series) by Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay - 2010

University of Virginia Press, 2010. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University Of Virginia Press, 2010. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780813930107

Hardback. New. Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay argues that, although the existence and significance of the science of religion has been barely visible to modern scholars of the Victorian period, it was a subject of lively and extensive debate among nineteenth-century readers and audiences. She shows how an earlier generation of scholars in Victorian Britain attempted to arrive at a dispassionate understanding of the psychological and social meanings of religious beliefs and practices--a topic not without contemporary resonance in a time when so many people feel both empowered and threatened by religious passion--and provides the kind of history she feels has been neglected. Wheeler-Barclay examines the lives and work of six scholars: Friedrich Max Muller, Edward B. Tylor, Andrew Lang, William Robertson Smith, James G. Frazer, and Jane Ellen Harrison. She illuminates their attempts to create a scholarly, non-apologetic study of religion and religions that drew upon several different disciplines, including… Read More

University of Virginia Press, 2010. Hardcover. New. 336 pages. 9.30x6.40x1.10 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of Virginia Press, 2010. Hardcover. New. 336 pages. 9.30x6.40x1.10 inches.