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Religion Beyond A Concept

Name: Religion
Author: Hent de Vries

Auteur: Hent de Vries

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Hent de Vries Harold Holzer

Co-auteur: Dawn Vogel

Engels
Hardcover
9780823227242
15 februari 2008
1006 pagina's

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What do we talk about when we talk about religion? Is it an array of empirical facts about historical human civilizations? Or is religion what is in essence unpredictable-perhaps the very emergence of the new? This book explores the difficulties and double binds that arise when we ask What is religion?

What do we talk about when we talk about “religion”? Is it an array of empirical facts about historical human civilizations? Or is religion what is in essence unpredictable—perhaps the very emergence of the new? In what ways are the legacies of religion—its powers, words, things, and gestures—reconfiguring themselves as the elementary forms of life in the twenty-first century?
Given the Latin roots of the word religion and its historical Christian uses, what sense, if any, does it make to talk about “religion” in other traditions? Where might we look for common elements that would enable us to do so? Has religion as an overarching concept lost all its currency, or does it ineluctably return—sometimes in unexpected ways—the moment we attempt to do without it?
This book explores the difficulties and double binds that arise when we ask “What is religion?” Offering a marvelously rich and diverse array of perspectives, it begins the task of rethinking “religion” and “religious studies” in a contemporary world.
Opening essays on the question “What is religion?” are followed by clusters exploring the relationships among religion, theology, and philosophy and the links between religion, politics, and law. Pedagogy is the focus of the following section. Religion is then examined in particular contexts, from classical times to the present Pentacostal revival, leading into an especially rich set of essays on religion, materiality, and mediatization. The final section grapples with the ever-changing forms that “religion” is taking, such as spirituality movements and responses to the ecological crisis.
Featuring the work of leading scholars from a wide array of disciplines, traditions, and cultures, Religion: Beyond a Concept will help set the agenda for religious studies for years to come. It is the first of five volumes in a collection entitled The Future of the Religious Past, the fruit of a major international research initiative funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 februari 2008
Aantal pagina's: 1006
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Hent de Vries
Tweede Auteur: Harold Holzer
Co Auteur: Dawn Vogel
Hoofdredacteur: Hent de Vries
Tweede Redacteur: Harold Holzer
Co Redacteur: Dawn Vogel
Hoofduitgeverij: Fordham University Press

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Editie: illustrated edition
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 191 mm
Product lengte: 235 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 197 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 64 mm
Verpakking lengte: 241 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 2123 g

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EAN: 9780823227242

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Categorieën: Religie, Spiritualiteit & Filosofie

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Taal: Engels
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