The Language of Religion, and the Study of Religions as Sign Systems

Chapters in this book

1. I-IV I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. List of Participants XI
5. Introduction XV
6. PART ONE: Oral and Written Documentation of Religious Tradition
7. 1Α. Preliterate Stages and Formation of the Canon in Book Religions
8. Problems of the Formation and Function of a Canon 3
9. Methodology and the Egyptian Book of the Dead 11
10. Commentary 15
11. Commentary 21
12. Discussion 26
13. 1B. Taxonomy and Source Criticism of Oral Tradition
14. Taxonomy and Source Criticism of Oral Tradition 35
15. On the Difficulty of Transcribing Synchronic Perception into Diachronic Verbalization 53
16. Commentary 71
17. Discussion 80
18. 1C. Literary Source Criticism
19. Early Shinto: A Case Study 87
20. The Position of Source Research in Religious Studies (Religionswissenschaft) 98
21. Commentary 110
22. Commentary 125
23. Commentary 128
24. Discussion 132
25. PART TWO: The Future of the Phenomenology of Religion
26. 2A. Evaluation of Previous Methods
27. Typology of Religion and the Phenomenological Method 143
28. Symbol Theory and Copy Theory as Basic Epistemological and Conceptual Alternatives in Religious Studies 161
29. Commentary 173
30. Commentary 177
31. Commentary 185
32. Commentary 200
33. Commentary 204
34. Discussion 212
35. 2B. Religio-ecological Approach
36. Ecology of Religion: Its Scope and Methodology 221
37. Ecology of Religion, Evolutionism and Comparative Religion 237
38. Commentary 249
39. Commentary 260
40. Commentary 271
41. Commentary 285
42. Commentary 290
43. Discussion 293
44. 2C. Religio-anthropological Approach
45. The History of Religions and the 'Religio-Anthropological Approach' 299
46. Symbolism and Functionalism in the Anthropological Study of Religion 322
47. Commentary 339
48. Commentary 345
49. Commentary 351
50. Commentary 354
51. Discussion 358
52. PART THREE: Religion as Expressive Culture
53. 3A. Theories Concerning the Ritual Process
54. Theories Concerning the Ritual Process: An Orientation 369
55. Notes on a Theory of the Social Evolution of Ritual 390
56. Commentary 401
57. Commentary 409
58. Commentary 414
59. Discussion 420
60. 3B. The Language of Religion
61. The Language of Religion 429
62. The Language of Religion, and the Study of Religions as Sign Systems 441
63. Commentary 458
64. Commentary 463
65. Commentary 465
66. Discussion 474
67. 3C. Depth Structures of Religious Expression
68. The Scandal of Religion 485
69. Is There a Method of Symbol Research Which Offers Hermeneutic Access to Depth- Dimensions of Religious Experience? 498
70. Commentary 519
71. Commentary 523
72. Commentary 528
73. Commentary 535
74. Discussion 539
75. Index of Names 547
76. Index of Subjects 557
77. 630-634 630