Introduction to the Study of Religions - Why study religion?

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Introduction to the Study of Religions - What is a "religion"?

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Seven Classic Theories of Religion - origins of the academic study of religion

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Seven Classic Theories of Religion - Schleiermacher, Otto, and James

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Seven Classic Theories of Religion - Emile Durkheim, totemism

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Seven Classic Theories of Religion - Max Weber

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Seven Classic Theories of Religion - Victor Turner on rites of passage

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Six more classic theories of religion - Karl Marx

This part distinguishes three types of theories of religion,and discussion naturalism, and the famous "critique" of religion by Karl Marx.

Six more classic theories of religion - Freud

This part presents the theory in Sigmund Freud's The Future of an Illusion, focusing on the concept of wish-fulfillment.

Six more classic theories of religion - Mircea Eliade and Ninian Smart

Six more classic theories of religion - Paul Tillich and W.C. Smith

This part introduces the work of Paul Tillich and Wilfred Cantwell Smith - ultimate concern, preliminary concerns, world theology, faith, The Meaning and End of Religion, Karen Armstrong, common faith.