Critical Terms for Religious Studies Paperback / softback
Edited by Mark C. Taylor
Part of the Critical Terms series
Paperback / softback
Description
A century that began with modernism sweeping across Europe is ending with a 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, once cannot escape the pivotal role of religion in shaping selves, societies, and cultures.
This book attempts to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which this religious diversity can be accurately described and responsibly discussed.
Scholars working in a variety of traditions demonstrate through their contributions that even our most basic terms for understanding religion are not neutral but carry specific historical and conceptual freight.
Each of the essays in this text 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.
The topics move 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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:430 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:15/08/1998
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- ISBN:9780226791579
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:430 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:15/08/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780226791579
