113 research outputs found
Bradford (Gerald) Capps (Donald) Capps (Walter H.) éd Encounter with Erikson. Historical Interpretation and Religious Biography
No full textBaubérot Jean. Bradford (Gerald) Capps (Donald) Capps (Walter H.) éd Encounter with Erikson. Historical Interpretation and Religious Biography. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°50/2, 1980. p. 251
« Being and Becoming » and « God and the World ». An Analysis of Whitehead's Account of their Early Association
No full textCapps Walter H. « Being and Becoming » and « God and the World ». An Analysis of Whitehead's Account of their Early Association. In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Troisième série, tome 63, n°80, 1965. pp. 572-590
Religious studies the making of a discipline
No full textSince its inception almost 200 years ago, the study of religion has informed, enlightened, provoked, and challenged our notions of humanity's deepest beliefs and longings. Now Walter Capps, nationally recognized for the quality and depth of his teaching, has written the first full-scale introduction to the history and methods of religious studies. To assess the many points of view in this mature but diffuse discipline. Capps uses the idea that four basic of fundamental questions and three enduring interests have given formal structure to the study of religion: the essence of religion; the origin of religion, descriptions of religion; the function of religion, the language of religion, comparisons of religion and, the future of religious studiesIn this way Capps relates the chief insights and theories of philosophy, anthropology, phenomenology, sociology, and theology of religion, and spotlights theorists from Immanuel Kant to Mircea Eliade. His valuable text unites in a single narrative and conceptual framework the major methodological proposals for the academic study of religion; treats all the major theorists in their respective disciplines, schools of thought, and intellectual movements; treats the whole discipline as a dynamic and evolving tradition. Religious Studies constitutes not only an erudite introduction to the field, exhibiting vast scholarship and careful assessment, but also a bold synthetic proposal for its futur
Anders Nygren’s Religious Apriori with an Introduction by Walter H. Capps
No full textThe publication is based upon the first English translation of some essential parts of Professor Anders Nygren’s dissertation Religiöst Apriori. Dess filosofiska förutsättningar och teologiska konsekvenser [Religious Apriori: Its Philosophical Presuppositions and Theological Consequences], 1921. In this work, Nygren established the foundation for his subsequent philosophical and theological thinking. Important theoretical and methodological perspectives that laid the groundwork in the thinking of Anders Nygren have hereby been made accessible for the English-speaking world. A short biographical introduction to Anders Nygren is given, followed by an comprehensive introduction to the Religious Apriori, including an assessment of Nygren’s achievement. The extensive bibliography includes works in English by relevant Swedish theologians
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