Relating Religion

Author : Jonathan Z. Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226763873

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Relating Religion by Jonathan Z. Smith Pdf

One of the most influential theorists of religion, Jonathan Z. Smith is best known for his analyses of religious studies as a discipline and for his advocacy and refinement of comparison as the basis for the history of religions. Relating Religion gathers seventeen essays—four of them never before published—that together provide the first broad overview of Smith's thinking since his seminal 1982 book, Imagining Religion. Smith first explains how he was drawn to the study of religion, outlines his own theoretical commitments, and draws the connections between his thinking and his concerns for general education. He then engages several figures and traditions that serve to define his interests within the larger setting of the discipline. The essays that follow consider the role of taxonomy and classification in the study of religion, the construction of difference, and the procedures of generalization and redescription that Smith takes to be key to the comparative enterprise. The final essays deploy features of Smith's most recent work, especially the notion of translation. Heady, original, and provocative, Relating Religion is certain to be hailed as a landmark in the academic study and critical theory of religion.

Author : James Barr MITCHELL
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : BL:A0026341378

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Dates and Data Relating to Religious Anthropology and Biblical Archaeology. (Primaeval Period). by James Barr MITCHELL Pdf

Author : Elaine Howard Ecklund
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195392982

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Science Vs. Religion by Elaine Howard Ecklund Pdf

Examines the science versus religion debate by interviewing scientists regarding their own faiths.

Author : Peter Harrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521712514

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The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion by Peter Harrison Pdf

This book explores the historical relations between science and religion and discusses contemporary issues with perspectives from cosmology, evolutionary biology and bioethics.

Author : Great Britain. Public Record Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006351477

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Calendar of Letters and State Papers Relating to English Affairs: 1558-1567 by Great Britain. Public Record Office Pdf

Author : Edward Hitchcock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Bible and geology
ISBN : OXFORD:590490383

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The religion of geology and its connected sciences by Edward Hitchcock Pdf

Author : L. M. Barley,C. D. Field,B. A. Kosmin,J. S. Nielsen
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781483295992

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Religion by L. M. Barley,C. D. Field,B. A. Kosmin,J. S. Nielsen Pdf

This volume reviews the publicly available sources of statistical information on religion. The majority of this data relates to the Christian churches and is split between the serial or recurrent sources in the first review and the ad hoc survey data in the second. The third sets out the available Jewish data which comprise the best recorded and the most extensive of the sources in the non-Christian sector, and the final review brings together statistical sources on the remaining religions practised in the UK. This book will be an invaluable source of information for researchers and practitioners in the field.

Author : John Bodel,Saul M. Olyan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118293522

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Household and Family Religion in Antiquity by John Bodel,Saul M. Olyan Pdf

The first book to explore the religious dimensions of the family and the household in ancient Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity. Advances our understanding of household and familial religion, as opposed to state-sponsored or civic temple cults Reconstructs domestic and family religious practices in Egypt, Greece, Rome, Israel, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, Emar, and Philistia Explores many household rituals, such as providing for ancestral spirits, and petitioning of a household's patron deities or of spirits associated with the house itself Examines lifecycle rituals – from pregnancy and birth to maturity, old age, death, and beyond Looks at religious practices relating to the household both within the home itself and other spaces, such as at extramural tombs and local sanctuaries

Author : Carl Sterkens,Paul Vermeer
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : 9783643906205

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Religion, migration and conflict by Carl Sterkens,Paul Vermeer Pdf

In various parts of the world, the act of migration can result in an increase of religious and cultural plurality. However, can this also result in more interreligious conflict? And, if so, which factors stimulate and which inhibit conflict? These and other related questions are addressed in this volume. (Series: Nijmegen Studies in Development and Cultural Change [NICCOS] - Vol. 51) [Subject: Sociology, Migration Studies, Religious Studies, Cultural Studies]

Author : Christopher Ben Simpson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725237285

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Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern by Christopher Ben Simpson Pdf

William Desmond's original and creative work in metaphysics is attracting more and more attention from philosophers of religion. Putting Desmond in conversation with John D. Caputo, an important philosopher of religion from the Continental tradition, Christopher Ben Simpson casts new light on Desmond's complex, multifaceted, and nuanced thought. The comparative approach allows Simpson to get at the core of recent debates in the philosophy of religion. He develops a rich understanding of how ethics and religion are informed by metaphysics, and contrasts this approach to the decidedly anti-metaphysical stance in Continental philosophy. Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern presents a systematic analysis of Desmond's thought as it advances work on Caputo's thinking and on the philosophy of religion.

Author : Morteza Hashemi,Christopher R. Cotter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350341128

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Religion in Fortress Europe by Morteza Hashemi,Christopher R. Cotter Pdf

How does religion maintain or challenge discourses on national identity? What are the roles that religion plays on all sides – from Islamophobia of the radical right to the Christian alliances on both sides of the Atlantic, to the Islamic beliefs and practices of European citizens as well as migrant communities – in the constitution of Fortress Europe? Are there any alliances shaping between belief and unbelief on either side of the battle for the future of Europe? These questions and more motivate the chapters in this timely interdisciplinary collection, with contributions focusing on diverse contexts throughout Europe involving a broad range of religious identifications and actors.

Author : Peter Clarke
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1063 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191557521

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The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion by Peter Clarke Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion draws on the expertise of an international team of scholars providing both an entry point into the sociological study and understanding of religion and an in-depth survey into its changing forms and content in the contemporary world. The role and impact of religion and spirituality on the politics, culture, education and health in the modern world is rigorously discussed and debated. The study of the sociology of religion forges interdisciplinary links to explore aspects of continuity and change in the contemporary interface between society and religion. Using a combination of theoretical, methodological and content-led approaches, the fifty-seven contributors collectively emphasise the complex relationships between religion and aspects of life from scientific research to law, ecology to art, music to cognitive science, crime to institutional health care and more. The developing character of religion, irreligion and atheism and the impact of religious diversity on social cohesion are explored. An overview of current scholarship in the field is provided in each themed chapter with an emphasis on encouraging new thinking and reflection on familiar and emergent themes to stimulate further debate and scholarship. The resulting essay collection provides an invaluable resource for research and teaching in this diverse discipline.

Author : James C. Carper,Thomas C. Hunt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-05
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780313084553

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The Praeger Handbook of Religion and Education in the United States [2 volumes] by James C. Carper,Thomas C. Hunt Pdf

Ten Commandments displays, prayer at football games, Bible in the curriculum, vouchers for tuition at religious schools, Pledge of Allegiance, wall of separation between church and state, among other hot button issues at the intersection of religion and education, generate a great deal of heat, but often light is sorely lacking. The Praeger Handbook of Religion and Education in the United States provides a unique source of light to educators, religious leaders, journalists, policy-makers, parents, and the general public as well as a useful resource for scholars interested in the impact of religion on the origins, development, and current shape of the American educational landscape. Following an introductory essay that surveys the relationship of religion to elementary and secondary education from the 1600s to the present, this set offers 175 entries written by more than 40 scholars with national reputations that cover a wide range of topics related to religion and education, both in the past and the present. These jargon-free entries are cross-referenced and provide suggestions for further reading. Readers who want to know what is behind the heat in current debates will find entries on: United States Supreme Court decisions on religion and education, current controversies regarding religion in the public schools, religious, legal, and educational associations involved in these controversies, religion and the curriculum, religious schools, individuals and movements that have affected the role of religion in education, and religion and education developments in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This one of a kind set also includes a convenient table summarizing all of the religious liberty decisions of the Supreme Court from 1815 to the present.

Author : Daniel A. Helminiak
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998-04-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438406411

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Religion and the Human Sciences by Daniel A. Helminiak Pdf

Proposes a new paradigm for interdisciplinary studies by applying the thought of Bernard Lonergan to define spirituality as the missing link between religion and theology.

Author : Markus Dressler,Arvind Mandair
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199783021

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Secularism and Religion-Making by Markus Dressler,Arvind Mandair Pdf

This book conceives of "religion-making" broadly as the multiple ways in which social and cultural phenomena are configured and reconfigured within the matrix of a world-religion discourse that is historically and semantically rooted in particular Western and predominantly Christian experiences, knowledges, and institutions. It investigates how religion is universalized and certain ideas, social formations, and practices rendered "religious" are thus integrated in and subordinated to very particular - mostly liberal-secular - assumptions about the relationship between history, politics, and religion. The individual contributions, written by a new generation of scholars with decisively interdisciplinary approaches, examine the processes of translation and globalization of historically specific concepts and practices of religion - and its dialectical counterpart, the secular - into new contexts. This volume contributes to the relatively new field of thought that aspires to unravel the thoroughly intertwined relationships between religion and secularism as modern concepts.