The Cambridge companion to religious studies / edited by Robert A. Orsi.
| Other author | Orsi, Robert A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xiv, 428 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | Cambridge Books Online |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge companions to religion Cambridge companions to religion. ^A470450 |
| Contents | On sympathy, suspicion, and studying religion: historical reflections on a doubled inheritance / Leigh E. Schmidt -- Thinking about religion, belief and politics / Talal Asad -- Special things as building blocks of religions / Ann Taves -- The problem of the holy / Robert A. Orsi -- Social order or social chaos / Michael J. Puett -- Tradition: the power of constraint / Michael L. Satlow -- The text and the world / Anne M. Blackburn -- On the role of normativity in religious studies / Thomas A. Lewis -- Translation / Martin Kavka -- Material religion / Matthew Engelke -- Theology and the study of religion: a relationship / Christine Helmer -- Buddhism and violence / Bernard Faure -- Practicing religions / Courtney Bender -- The look of the sacred / David Morgan -- Reforming culture: law and religion today / Winnifred Fallers Sullivan -- Sexing religion / R. Marie Griffith -- Constituting ethical subjectivities / Leela Prasad -- Neo-Pentecostalism and globalization / Marla Frederick -- Religious criticism, secular critique, and the 'critical study of religion': lessons from the study of Islam / Noah Salomon and Jeremy F. Walton. |
| Abstract | "The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies is both informative and provocative, introducing readers to key debates in the contemporary study of religion and suggesting future research possibilities. A group of distinguished scholars takes up some of the most pressing theoretical questions in the field. What is a "religious tradition"? How are religious texts read? What takes place when a religious practitioner stands before a representation of gods or goddesses, ghosts, ancestors, saints, and other special beings? What roles is religion playing in contemporary global society? The volume emphasizes religion as a lived practice, stressing that people have used and continue to use religious media to engage the circumstances of their lives. This underlying conviction provides a realistic perspective on religion, and the volume, ♯s̥ essays engage with real-world religious practices. The volume of essays should prove valuable and interesting to a broad audience, including scholars in the humanities and social sciences and a general readership, as well as students of religious studies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Cambridge companion to religious studies. Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012 9780521883917 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 113901708X (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781139017084 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.1017/CCOL9780521883917 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |