Presocratic Theories of Religion

Nickolas P. Roubekas

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Chapter 4 Presocratic Theories of Religion

In: Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth

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Pages:: 89–105

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004435025_006

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Theorizing about religion is typically seen as an achievement of modernity. Most, if not all, surveys of the field of religious studies and the history of religions trace their beginnings in the Enlightenment onward, while neglecting theories of explanation of religion from pre-modern milieus. The essay argues that attempts to explain (and not merely interpret) religion go back to the presocratic philosophers. By examining three representative theories, I argue that theorizing about religion goes back to the dawn of Greek philosophical speculation.

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Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth

Contributions in Honor of Robert A. Segal

Series: Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Volume: 16

Cover Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004435025

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 09 Jun 2020

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  - Comparative Religion & Religious Studies
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