ISBN:
9780520298897
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9780520298910
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 561 Seiten
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Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hedges, Paul, 1970 - Understanding Religion
DDC:
200.71
Keywords:
Religious pluralism Case studies
;
Religions Case studies Relations
;
Religion and sociology Case studies
Abstract:
Religion : language, law, and legacies -- Method : insider-outsider debates, phenomenology, and reflexivity -- Life : lived religion, syncretism, and hybridity -- History : historical methodology and the invention of tradition -- Power : social constructionism, habitus, and authority -- Identity : social identity theory, in-groups, out-groups, and conflict -- Colonialism : postcolonialism, orientalism, and decolonization -- Brains : the cognitive science of religion and beyond -- Bodies : material religion, embodiment, and materiality -- Gender : feminism, sexuality, and religion -- Comparison : comparative and contrastive methodologies practices -- Ritual : ritualization, myth, and performance ritual -- Diversity : religious borders, identities, and discourses -- Dialogue : interreligious discourse and critique -- Violence : fundamentalism, extremism, and radicalization -- Secularism : secularization, human rights, and religion -- Geography : place, the lived environment, and environmentalism -- Politics : governance, the colonial wound, and the sacred.
Abstract:
"Understanding Religion is a cutting-edge and innovative book that introduces students to interdisciplinary theoretical tools for understanding contemporary religiously diverse societies. Using critical approaches to religion and the politics of scholarship, the book includes coverage of decolonial, feminist, hermeneutical, poststructuralist, phenomenological, and other approaches. It examines many real-life case studies, a method much used in business schools and elsewhere, but rarely found in the study of religion. This approach helps readers understand the practical application of theories"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
