History of Religions Understanding Human Experience

This volume collects essays by the renowned scholar and historian ofreligion Joseph M. Kitagawa. The collection is organized into three parts. Partone presents essays examining such topics as the history of the discipline, itsplace in the academy, and some of its basic categories and tenets. Part twooffers what Kitagawa calls studies in "applied history of religions." Theseessays demonstrate how insights derived from the practice of the history ofreligions can be applied to the political and spiritual problems of the day. Ina third and concluding section, Kitagawa reflects on his own intellectualheritage, with essays on Joachim Wach, Mircea Eliade, D.T. Suzuki, Gerardus vander Leeuw, Paul Tillich, and Hendrik Kraemer.Kitagawa, Joseph M. is the author of 'History of Religions Understanding Human Experience' with ISBN 9781555401283 and ISBN 1555401287.