ISBN:
9780521883917
,
9780521710145
,
0521883911
,
0521710146
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 428 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Lofton, Kathryn The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies ed. by Robert A. Orsi (review) 2012
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to religion
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Cambridge companion to religious studies
DDC:
200.72
Keywords:
Religion Study and teaching
;
Religion Research
;
Religion
;
Study and teaching
;
Religion
;
Research
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Einführung
;
Religion
;
Religionswissenschaft
Abstract:
"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. This underlying conviction provides a realistic perspective on religion, and the volume,♯s̥ essays engage with real-world religious practices. The volume,♯s̥ 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"--
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