Patterns of Thought in Africa and the West: Essays on Magic, Religion and Science - Softcover

Horton, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521369266 ISBN 13: 9780521369268

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

A collection of Robin Horton's classic papers on African religion (1960-1990), presenting a wide-ranging enquiry into religious thought.

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Review:

'It is a pleasure to return to his clean and clear prose, which sometimes allows one to forget how difficult the matters he is dealing with are ... it is splendid to have the major papers in one volume. No one is likely to agree with Robin Horton always, but we can all be grateful that he is there both to learn from and to dispute with.' The Times Literary Supplement

'Horton is good to read - down to earth, sensible, himself widely and interestingly read, free of the phoney, and uncluttered by jargon.' Anthropological Forum

Book Description:

Robin Horton's classic essays on African religion are also about human religious thought generally, and its relationship to scientific thought. His 'Intellectualist' approach, which criticises orthodoxies in the field, stresses the similarities between religious and scientific thought.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521369266
• ISBN 13: 9780521369268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 484