Michael H Barnes
Biographic Data
| ID | 1591200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael H Barnes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael H |
| FAMILY NAME | Barnes |
| SIGNATURE | BARNES M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dayton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rationality in Religion
Religion can be defined narrowly as belief in anthropomorphic supernatural beings. For Levy-Bruhl this meant that prelogical ‘mystic participation’ preceded true religion. For Donald Wiebe and others it means that philosophical-scientific rationality has been struggling to replace religion since the axial age. A broader definition of religion interprets rational post-axial theology as a development within religion, not a replacement of true relig…
Primitive religious thought and the evolution of religion
In an article in this journal about the ideas of Levy-Brühl, Don Wiebe reviewed ideas from anthropology to argue that there is indeed a primitive mentality, and that mythopoeic religious thought is an instance of this mentality. Wiebe ends by declaring religious thought generally to be mythopoeic. The anthropological literature does support well Wiebe's thesis that primitive thought is primitive, in particular those studies which use Piaget's the…
Are There Two Catholicisms
The present study is intended to shed some light on a current debate in Catholic circles as to whether theologians and parishioners are opposed to one another in terms of their attitudes toward various issues of religious belief. We constructed a survey to determine whether there is indeed a considerable gap to be identified between theologians and parishioners. We surveyed professional Catholic theologians and Catholic parishioners and found tha…
Primitive religious thought and the evolution of religion
In an article in this journal about the ideas of Levy-Brühl, Don Wiebe reviewed ideas from anthropology to argue that there is indeed a primitive mentality, and that mythopoeic religious thought is an instance of this mentality. Wiebe ends by declaring religious thought generally to be mythopoeic. The anthropological literature does support well Wiebe's thesis that primitive thought is primitive, in particular those studies which use Piaget's the…
Are There Two Catholicisms
The present study is intended to shed some light on a current debate in Catholic circles as to whether theologians and parishioners are opposed to one another in terms of their attitudes toward various issues of religious belief. We constructed a survey to determine whether there is indeed a considerable gap to be identified between theologians and parishioners. We surveyed professional Catholic theologians and Catholic parishioners and found tha…
Primitive religious thought and the evolution of religion
In an article in this journal about the ideas of Levy-Brühl, Don Wiebe reviewed ideas from anthropology to argue that there is indeed a primitive mentality, and that mythopoeic religious thought is an instance of this mentality. Wiebe ends by declaring religious thought generally to be mythopoeic. The anthropological literature does support well Wiebe's thesis that primitive thought is primitive, in particular those studies which use Piaget's the…
Rationality in Religion
Religion can be defined narrowly as belief in anthropomorphic supernatural beings. For Levy-Bruhl this meant that prelogical ‘mystic participation’ preceded true religion. For Donald Wiebe and others it means that philosophical-scientific rationality has been struggling to replace religion since the axial age. A broader definition of religion interprets rational post-axial theology as a development within religion, not a replacement of true relig…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (2 works) · Religious belief (2 works) · Religious studies (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 works) · Lived religion (1 works)