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Religion and Emotion: Approaches and Interpretations
Author(s): John Corrigan (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2004
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 0195166256
- ISBN-13: 9780195166255
Book Description
This anthology brings together twelve seminal essays in the rapidly evolving field of emotion studies. The contributors examine attitudes toward and expressions of emotion in a wide range of religious traditions and periods. This volume is designed to provide an introduction to recent research, and will provide valuable insights to students of comparative religion, anthropology and psychology. Corrigan has provided a substantial introduction, elucidating the major themes of the anthology and placing it within the wider context emotions research.
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Book Description
This anthology is the first collection of recent papers addressing the topic of religion and emotion.
About the Author
John Corrigan is Edwin Scott Gaustad Professor of Religion and Professor of History at Florida State University. Among his many books are Business of the Heart: Religion and Emotion in the Nineteenth Century (2001) and The Prism of Piety: Catholick Congregational Clergy at the Beginning of the Enlightenment (OUP, 1991).
