Methods for the Study of Religious Change: From Religious Studies to Worldview Studies - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1844657078 ISBN 13: 9781844657070

Casa editrice: Acumen Pub Ltd, 2013

Riassunto

The world of religious experience is changing much faster than the discipline which claims to study it. Religious Studies still uses Christianity as its measure, still frames the world through the model of five world religions, still largely avoids analysis of key issues around power, poverty, violence, pollution, science, and social conflict, and still looks to highlight differences rather than commonalities. "Methods for the Study of Religious Change" aims to redefine the study of Religion as the study of worldviews, of ideas which are active in shaping the world. "Methods for the Study of Religious Change" argues that the study of religion should focus on people's worldview-making capacities and should contribute to the critical analysis of global problems and the promotion of cultural and spiritual respect across religions. Survey chapters on theory and method outline this new approach whilst case-study chapters illustrate these ideas with innovative ethnographies of ritual, experience, language, morals and identity.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Andre Droogers is Emeritus Professor of the Cultural Anthropology of Religion at VU University, Amsterdam. Anton van Harskamp is Emeritus Professor of Religion, Identity and Civil Society at VU University, Amsterdam.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Acumen Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1844657078
• ISBN 13: 9781844657070
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Redattore: Droogers A., Van Harskamp A.
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