Scripturalectics

The Management of Meaning

von Vincent L. Wimbush

200 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In this book Vincent Wimbush seeks to problematize what we call "scriptures," a word first used to refer simply to "things written," the registration of basic information. In the modern world the word came to be associated almost exclusively with the center- and power-defining "sacred" texts of "world religions." Wimbush argues that this narrowing of the valence of the term was a decisive development for western culture.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Religion, allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• ISBN: 9780190664701
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.06.2017
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR