Turning Points in Religious Studies : Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Parrinder.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (354 pages)
- Religious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections .
- Religious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections .
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- TRIBUTES TO PROFESSOR GEOFFREY PARRINDER -- A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO AN OUTSTANDING CAREER -- SOME PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF A COLLEAGUE -- A PERSONAL TRIBUTE - AN UNFINISHED PIECE -- ESSAYS ON TURNING POINTS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- PART I: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN BRITAIN -- 1. RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN THE UNIVERSITIES -- ENGLAND -- SCOTLAND -- WALES -- THE OPEN UNIVERSITY -- BRITISH ACADEMIC JOURNALS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES -- 2. RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN POLYTECHNICS AND COLLEGES OF HIGHER EDUCATION -- 3. RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION -- 4. RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES -- 5. THE NEW EDUCATION REFORM ACT AND WORSHIP IN COUNTY SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND AND WALES -- 6. RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND INTERFAITH DEVELOPMENTS -- PART II: TURNING POINTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME ACADEMIC SUBJECTS AND THEMES -- THE STUDY OF INDIAN RELIGIONS -- 7. HINDUISM -- 8. BUDDHISM -- 9. SIKHISM -- THE STUDY OF AFRICAN RELIGIONS -- 10. TRADITIONAL'AFRICAN RELIGIONS -- 11. AFRICAN NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS -- 12. CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA -- 13. ISLAM IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- THE STUDY OF SIGNIFICANT THEMES -- 14. THE STUDY OF TRUTH AND DIALOGUE IN RELIGION -- 15. SCIENTISTS AND THE REDISCOVERY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE -- 16. MYSTICISM -- PART III: POINTERS TO NEW DIRECTIONS -- 17. RELIGION AND THE ARTS -- 18. RELIGION AND GENDER -- 19. RELIGION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS: RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE -- APPENDIX -- Bibliography of Geoffrey Parrinder's Publications -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.