Religion after Religion

✍ Scribed by Steven M. Wasserstrom

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 380
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

I found this book to be concise and well-articulated. Interesting discussion of the Eranos group and how the three scholars had a fairly distinct view of religion rooted a broad array of German philosophers and writers, including Shelling, Cusa, Hamann, Jung, and Heidegger, all of whom influenced their romantic conception of mythology. The three scholars discussed emphasized mythology over religous law and placed the symbolism and mystical experience in a central role of religious experience, minimizing historicism. Wasserstrom also calls attention to the Eranos scholar's (excluding Scholem) personal esoteric beliefs and experiences with esoteric groups. Fascinating scholarship.

✦ Table of Contents

000_FrontMatter......Page 1
001_Chapter1......Page 13
002_Chapter2......Page 49
003_Chapter3......Page 64
004_Chapter4......Page 79
005_Chapter5......Page 95
006_Chapter6......Page 112
007_Chapter7......Page 124
008_Chapter8......Page 137
009_Chapter9......Page 157
010_Chapter10......Page 169
011_Chapter11......Page 184
012_Chapter12......Page 195
013_Chapter13......Page 213
014_Chapter14......Page 227
015_Chapter15......Page 237
016_BackMatter......Page 263