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Walter H. Capps (–1997)

Author of Religious Studies : The Making of a Discipline

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Includes the names: Walter Capps, Comp. Walter H. Capps, WALTER HOLDEN (EDITOR) CAPPS

Works by Walter H. Capps

Religious Studies : The Making of a Discipline (1995) 38 copies

Silent Fire: An Invitation to Western Mysticism (Harper forum books) (1978) 36 copies

Seeing With a Native Eye: Essays on Native American Religion (A Harper Forum Book) (1976) 23 copies

Ways of Understanding Religion (1971) 20 copies

The Vietnam Reader (1990) 20 copies

A guide to local government records in the South Carolina Archives (1988) 16 copies

The New Religious Right: Piety, Patriotism, and Politcs (1990) 15 copies

Unfinished War (1982) 13 copies

Hope against hope: Molton [i.e. Moltmann] to Merton in one decade (1976) 13 copies

The Future of hope; [essays by Bloch, Fackenheim, Moltmann, Metz, Capps] (1970) 12 copies

Time invades the cathedral; tension in the school of hope (1972) 6 copies

The monastic impulse (1983) 6 copies

Future of Hope (1971) 1 copy

The Vietnam Reader 1 copy

Associated Works

Religious syncretism in antiquity : essays in conversation with Geo Widengren (1975) — Contributor — 12 copies

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Birthdate: 1934-05-05
Date of death: 1997-10-28
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Short biography: "His name lives on in the Walter Capps Center for Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life at the University of California, Santa Barbara." - Wikipedia

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Works: 14
Also by: 1
Members: 220
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Rating: 4.8

ISBNs: 17

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