The Importance of Religion

Meaning and Action in our Strange World

Gavin Flood (University of Oxford, UK)

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English

Wiley-Blackwell
16 December 2011

Religious issues & debates

The Importance of Religion reveals the significance of religion in modern times, showing how it provides people with meaning to their lives and helps guide them in their everyday moral choices

Provides readers with a new understanding of religion, demonstrating how in its actions, texts and world views religion is enduring and vividly engages with the mystery of the world Offers striking arguments about the relationship of religion to science, art and politics Engagingly written by a highly respected scholar of religion with an international reputation

By: Gavin Flood (University of Oxford UK)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 485g
ISBN: 9781405189729
ISBN 10: 140518972X
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 16 December 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gavin Flood is Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion at the University of Oxford where he is also the Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. He is the author of Introduction to Hinduism (1996) and The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory, Tradition (2006); and editor of the Blackwell Companion to Hinduism (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003).

Reviews for The Importance of Religion: Meaning and Action in our Strange World

Well presented, with a wealth of interesting primary sources and secondary literature discussed ... the book should contribute to the ongoing debate between religionists and reductionists within our field. (Numen, 1 May 2015) Recommended [for] upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty. (Choice, 1 January 2013)