Vocabulary For The Study Of Religion

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9004290435

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Vocabulary for the study of religion by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Alan Segal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:933720565

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Vocabulary for the Study of Religion by Robert Alan Segal Pdf

Author : Aaron W. Hughes,Russell T. McCutcheon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000427462

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Religion in 50 Words by Aaron W. Hughes,Russell T. McCutcheon Pdf

Religion in 50 Words: A Critical Vocabulary is the first of a two-volume work that seeks to transform the study of religion by offering a radically critical perspective. It does so by providing a succinct and critical examination of the key words used in the modern study of religion. Arranged alphabetically, the book explores the historic roots, varied uses, and current significance and utility of the technical terms used within the current field of religious studies. These are the terms that both students and scholars routinely deploy to think about, describe, and analyze data—sometimes without realizing that they are themselves technical tools in need of attention. Among the topics covered: Belief Critical Culture Definition Environment Gender Ideology Lived religion Material religion Orthodoxy Politics Race Sacred/profane Secular Theory This book submits all of its terms to a critical interrogation and subsequent re-description, thereby allowing a collective reframing of the field. This volume is an indispensable resource for students and academics working in religious studies.

Author : Robert Segal,Kocku von Stuckrad
Publisher : Brill
Page : 1872 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9004467858

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Vocabulary for the Study of Religion (3 Vols.) by Robert Segal,Kocku von Stuckrad Pdf

The Vocabulary for the Study of Religion is an interdisciplinary endeavor that offers a unique overview of critical terms in the study of religion(s). This is the first dictionary in English to cover such a broad spectrum of theoretical topics used in the academic study of religion, including those from adjacent disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, historiography, theology, philology, literary studies, psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, and political sciences. The Vocabulary contains over 400 entries written by experts with a background in a variety of disciplines.

Author : Aaron W. Hughes,Russell T. McCutcheon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000478976

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Religion in 50 More Words by Aaron W. Hughes,Russell T. McCutcheon Pdf

Religion in 50 More Words: A Redescriptive Vocabulary provides a succinct historical, social, and political examination of some of the key words used in the modern study of religion. Differing from the first volume’s more theoretical focus, this volume analyzes more common first order descriptive terms that are used throughout the field, inviting readers to theorize their traditional vocabulary. Topics covered include: • Atheism/Theism • Conversion • Cult • Evil • Fundamentalism • Idol • Magic • Pilgrimage • Ritual • Sacrifice Religion in 50 More Words submits such terms to a critical interrogation and subsequent redescription. This paves the way for a collective and more critical reframing of the field. The volume, along with Religion in 50 Words, provides an indispensable resource for students and academics working in the field of religious studies and cognate disciplines.

Author : Mark C. Taylor
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226791739

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Critical Terms for Religious Studies by Mark C. Taylor Pdf

A century that began with modernism sweeping across Europe is ending with a remarkable resurgence of religious beliefs and practices throughout the world. Wherever one looks today, from headlines about political turmoil in the Middle East to pop music and videos, one cannot escape the pivotal role of religious beliefs and practices in shaping selves, societies, and cultures. Following in the very successful tradition of Critical Terms for Literary Studies and Critical Terms for Art History, this book attempts to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which this bewildering religious diversity can be accurately described and responsibly discussed. Leading scholars working in a variety of traditions demonstrate through their incisive discussions that even our most basic terms for understanding religion are not neutral but carry specific historical and conceptual freight. These essays adopt the approach that has won this book's predecessors such widespread acclaim: each provides a concise history of a critical term, explores the issues raised by the term, and puts the term to use in an analysis of a religious work, practice, or event. Moving across Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Native American and Mayan religions, contributors explore terms ranging from experience, territory, and image, to God, sacrifice, and transgression. The result is an essential reference that will reshape the field of religious studies and transform the way in which religion is understood by scholars from all disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, gender studies, and literary studies.

Author : Stephen E. Gregg,Lynne Scholefield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317507697

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Engaging with Living Religion by Stephen E. Gregg,Lynne Scholefield Pdf

Understanding living religion requires students to experience everyday religious practice in diverse environments and communities. This guide provides the ideal introduction to fieldwork and the study of religion outside the lecture theatre. Covering theoretical and practical dimensions of research, the book helps students learn to ‘read’ religious sites and communities, and to develop their understanding of planning, interaction, observation, participation and interviews. Students are encouraged to explore their own expectations and sensitivities, and to develop a good understanding of ethical issues, group-learning and individual research. The chapters contain student testimonies, examples of student work and student-led questions.

Author : Craig Martin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781315474397

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A Critical Introduction to the Study of Religion by Craig Martin Pdf

A Critical Introduction to the Study of Religion introduces the key concepts and theories from religious studies that are necessary for a full understanding of the complex relations between religion and society. The aim is to provide readers with an arsenal of critical concepts for studying religious ideologies, practices, and communities. This thoroughly revised second edition has been restructured to clearly emphasize key topics including: Essentialism Functionalism Authority Domination. All ideas and theories are clearly illustrated, with new and engaging examples and case studies throughout, making this the ideal textbook for students approaching the subject area for the first time.

Author : Willard Oxtoby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0802082327

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Vocabulary of Religion by Willard Oxtoby Pdf

Author : Oliver Freiberger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190929121

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Considering Comparison by Oliver Freiberger Pdf

The comparative method is an integral part of religious studies. All the technical terms that scholars of religion use on a daily basis, such as ritual, hagiography, shrine, authority, fundamentalism, hybridity, and, of course, religion, are comparative terms. Yet comparison has been subject to criticism, including postcolonialist and postmodernist critiques. Older approaches are said to have used comparison primarily to confirm preconceptions about religion. More recently, comparison has been criticized as an act of abstraction that does injustice to the particular, neglects differences, and establishes a mostly Western power of definition over the rest of the world. In this book, Oliver Freiberger takes a closer look at how comparison works. Revisiting critical debates and examining reflections in other disciplines, including comparative history, sociology, comparative theology, and anthropology, Freiberger proposes a model of comparison that is based on a thorough epistemological analysis and that takes both the scholar's situatedness and his or her agency seriously. Examining numerous examples of comparative studies, Considering Comparison develops a methodological framework for conducting and evaluating such studies. Freiberger suggests a comparative approach - which he calls discourse comparison - that confronts the omnipresent risks of decontextualization, essentialization, and universalization. This book makes a case for comparison, arguing that it is indispensable for a deeper analytical understanding of what we call religion. The book is intended to enrich the practice of both aspiring and seasoned comparativists, stimulate much-needed further discussions about comparative methodology, and encourage more scholars to produce responsible comparative studies.

Author : Russell T. McCutcheon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317491668

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Studying Religion by Russell T. McCutcheon Pdf

Widely used as a primer, a text and a provocation to critical thinking, 'Studying Religion' aims to develop students' skills. The book clearly explains the methods and theories employed in the study of religion. Essays are offered on a range of topics: from the history and functions of religion to public discourse on religion and the classification of religions. The works of key scholars - from Karl Marx, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Rudolf Otto to Mircea Eliade, James G. Frazer, and Sigmund Freud - are analysed and explored. 'Studying Religion' represents a shift away from the traditional focus of describing the exotic or curious religious 'Other' to an examination of how religious behaviours and institutions are studied. The book will be invaluable to students of religious studies.

Author : William E. Paden
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781474252126

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New Patterns for Comparative Religion by William E. Paden Pdf

The cross-cultural study of religion has always gone hand in hand with the worldview, sciences, or intellectual frameworks of the time. These frames, whether focused on psychology or politics, gender or colonialism, bring out perspectives for understanding religious behavior. Today one of our common civic worldviews is represented in the shift from scriptural to evolutionary history. This volume brings together in one place key essays by professor emeritus William Paden, showing a progression of steps he has taken in exploring bridgeworks between comparative religion and evolutionary models of religious behavior. One of the leading scholars in religious studies, Paden shows ways that religion can be contextualized as part of the natural world and thus seen as reflecting the ingrained sociality and world-making drive of the human species. Paden argues that although comparativism has been challenged as too culture-bound, too western, or too gendered, cross-over categories and concepts between religious traditions cannot be avoided. Arguing that there are recurrent patterns of human behavior common to our species and that thereby underlie all cultures, he proposes that the missing link in the Religion Evolution debate is comparative religion, a global, cross-cultural perspective on religious behaviours throughout time. Each article is contextualized within this overall trajectory of thought within Paden's work and the history of the discipline as a whole.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004299320

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The Concept of Religion by Anonim Pdf

In The Concept of Religion Hans Schilderman edits a volume on the definition and empirical study of religious beliefs and practices within a variety of settings of schools, churches and society at large.

Author : Dale S. Cannon
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X004072716

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Six Ways of Being Religious by Dale S. Cannon Pdf

The book proposes the hypothesis that six generic ways of being religious may be found in any large-scale religious tradition such as Christianity or Buddhism or Islam or Hinduism: sacred rite, right action, devotion, shamanic mediation, mystical quest, and reasoned inquiry. These are recurrent ways in which, socially and individually, devout members of these traditions take up and appropriate their stories and symbols in order to draw near to, and come into right relationship with, what the traditions attest to be the ultimate reality.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004355026

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Relocating World Christianity by Anonim Pdf

Existing scholarship on World Christianities tends to privilege the local and the regional. In addition to offering an explanation for this tendency, the editors and contributors of this volume also offer a new perspective. An Introduction, Afterword and case-studies argue for the importance of transregional connections in the study of Christianity worldwide. Returning to an older post-war conception of ‘World Christianity’ as an international, ecumenical fellowship, the present volume aims to highlight the universalist, globalising aspirations of many Christians worldwide. While we do not neglect the importance of the local, our aim is to give due weight to the significant transregional networks and exchanges that have constituted Christian communities, both historically and in the present day. Contributors are: J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Naures Atto, Joel Cabrita, Pedro Feitoza, David C. Kirkpatrick, Chandra Mallampalli, David Maxwell, Dorottya Nagy, Peter C. Phan, Andrew Preston, Joel Robbins, Chloe Starr, Charlotte Walker-Said, Emma Wild-Wood.