Religion As Poetry

by Greeley,Andrew M.

• ISBN13: 9781560008996
• ISBN10: 1560008997
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-11-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Prelude
Introduction	p. 1
Social Science Theories of Religion	p. 5
Religion as Poetry	p. 23
The Faith We Have Lost	p. 57
The Persistence of Religion	p. 83
Testing the Links	p. 111
Different Poetry for Different People	p. 123
The Pragmatics of Prayer	p. 157
Religious Stories and Political Stories	p. 179
Religious Stories and the Environment	p. 191
Religious Stories and AIDS	p. 205
Religious Stories and Contact with the Dead	p. 217
A Story of Two Religious Imaginations	p. 229
The Development of a Religious Story	p. 257
Conclusion	p. 263
References	p. 271
Index	p. 277
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