The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies Paperback / softback
Edited by Robert A. (Northwestern University, Illinois) Orsi
Part of the Cambridge Companions to Religion series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
The volume's 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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:444 pages, 7 Halftones, unspecified; 6 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:19/12/2011
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- ISBN:9780521710145
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:444 pages, 7 Halftones, unspecified; 6 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:19/12/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521710145