Irony of Theology and the Nature of Religious Thought

by Donald Wiebe

In a careful re-evaluation of the works of L vy-Bruhl, Wiebe establishes the coherence of L vy-Bruhl's classic distinction between primitive, or mythopoeic, and scientific thought, maintaining that religious thinking is mythopoeic in nature while theology -- which thinks about religion -- is related to modern Western scientific thinking.

280 pages, ebook

First published December 1, 1990