ISBN:
9781474292214
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (201 pages)
Series Statement:
Critiquing Religion: Discourse, Culture, Power Ser
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Stoddard, Brad Stereotyping Religion : Critiquing Clichés
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Religion
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Religion
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 âReligions are belief systemsâ -- The problems with belief -- The problem with âreligions are belief systemsâ: The case of American religions -- Conclusion -- 2 âReligions are intrinsically violentâ -- Some brief historical background -- Religions are intrinsically peaceful clichés -- Some examples of the cliché in popular culture -- Conclusion -- 3 âReligion makes people moralâ -- What is morality? What is religion? -- Gods, morality, and cognitive evolution -- Modes of religiosity -- Behaving badly with God on your side -- Big gods and surveillance -- Conclusion -- 4 âReligion concerns the transcendentâ -- Otto and Eliade: Manufacturers of âthe sacredâ -- Scholars and the sacred -- The sacred is everywhere: Modern uses of the sacred concept -- 5 âReligion is a private matterâ -- Clarifying this cliché -- A caveat -- The history behind the cliché -- Religion as âprivateâ in the study of religion -- Historicizing the present -- 6 âReligions are mutually exclusiveâ -- The unstated cliché -- Development of the cliché -- The power of the cliché -- 7 âIâm spiritual but not religiousâ -- Making meaning -- Situated meaning -- Not Taking Meaning for Granted -- Applications to claims of being âspiritual but not religiousâ -- 8 âLearning about religion leads to toleranceâ -- Christian ecumenical origins -- Modern developments -- Popular success and critique -- Conclusion -- 9 âEveryone has a faithâ -- Hidden assumptions of the cliché -- Inventing âfaithâ as human nature -- James Fowler and the Stages of Faith -- The stereotype in American popular culture -- Conclusion: The power of cliché in everyday life -- 10 âReligion is bullshitâ
Abstract:
Social contexts: Bullshiters and bullshitees -- Modality oneâskepticism: Religion is bullshit because it is âfalseâ -- Modality two â dissent and disdain: Religion is bullshit because it is âmorally wrongâ -- Modality three â despair: Religion is bullshit because it is âterribleâ -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Index
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