The Cambridge companion to religious studies /

The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies is both informative and provocative, introducing readers to key debates in the contemporary study of religion and suggesting future research possibilities. A group of distinguished scholars takes up some of the most pressing theoretical questions in the f...

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On sympathy, suspicion, and studying religion: historical reflections on a doubled inheritance /
Thinking about religion, belief and politics /
Special things as building blocks of religions /
The problem of the holy /
Social order or social chaos /
Tradition: the power of constraint /
The text and the world /
On the role of normativity in religious studies /
Translation /
Material religion /
Theology and the study of religion: a relationship /
Buddhism and violence /
Practicing religions /
The look of the sacred /
Reforming culture: law and religion today /
Sexing religion /
Constituting ethical subjectivities /
Neo-Pentecostalism and globalization /
Religious criticism, secular critique, and the 'critical study of religion': lessons from the study of Islam /
1. Verfasser:
Orsi, Robert A.
Weitere Verfasser:
Orsi, Robert A. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Zusammenfassung:
The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies is both informative and provocative, introducing readers to key debates in the contemporary study of religion and suggesting future research possibilities. A group of distinguished scholars takes up some of the most pressing theoretical questions in the field. What is a 'religious tradition'? How are religious texts read? What takes place when a religious practitioner stands before a representation of gods or goddesses, ghosts, ancestors, saints, and other special beings? What roles is religion playing in contemporary global society? The volume emphasizes religion as a lived practice, stressing that people have used and continue to use religious media to engage the circumstances of their lives. The volume's essays should prove valuable and interesting to a broad audience, including scholars in the humanities and social sciences and a general readership, as well as students of religious studies.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 428 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Anmerkungen:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
Anmerkungen:
In English.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-107-48676-9
1-139-01708-X
Schlagworte:
Religion > Study and teaching.
Religion > Research.
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