Robert Alun Jones’s overview of Durkheim’s The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912)

December 26, 2007 5:30 pm henrymunsonjr Theories of Religion

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912)
[Excerpt from Robert Alun Jones. Emile Durkheim: An Introduction to Four Major Works. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1986. Pp. 115-155.]
Outline of Topics

1. Durkheim’s Two Problems
2. Defining Religion
3. The Most Primitive Religion
4. Totemic Beliefs: Their Nature, Causes, and Consequences
5. Totemic Rites: Their Nature and Causes
6. The Social Origins of Religion and Science
7. Critical Remarks

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