Nathan Söderblom and the Study of Religion

To the student of the recent history of theological ideas in the West, it sometimes seems as though, of all the ‘new' subjects that have been intro duced into theological discussion during the last hundred or so years, only two have proved to be of permanent significance. One is, of course, bib...

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Published in:Religious studies
Main Author: Sharpe, Eric J. 1933- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1969]
In: Religious studies
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Summary:To the student of the recent history of theological ideas in the West, it sometimes seems as though, of all the ‘new' subjects that have been intro duced into theological discussion during the last hundred or so years, only two have proved to be of permanent significance. One is, of course, biblical criticism, and the other, the subject which in my University is still called ‘comparative religion'—the (as far as possible) dispassionate study of the religions of the world as phenomena in their own right.
ISSN:1469-901X
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412500003656