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Cultural Approaches to Studying Religion: An Introduction to Theories and Methods

Editat de Sarah J. Bloesch, M. Cooper Minister
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 oct 2018
This is the first book to provide an introduction to contemporary cultural approaches to the study of religion. This book makes sophisticated ideas accessible at an introductory level, and examines the analytic tools of scholars in religious studies, as well as in related disciplines that have shaped the field including anthropology, history, literature, and critical studies in race, sexuality, and gender. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar and includes: · the biographical and historical context of each theorist· their approaches and key writings· analysis and evaluation of each theory · suggested further reading.Part One: Comparative Approaches considers how major features such as taboo, texts, myths and ritual work across religious traditions by exploring the work of Mary Douglas, Phyllis Trible, Wendy Doniger and Catherine Bell. Part Two: Examining Particularities analyzes the comparative approach through the work of Alice Walker, Charles Long and Caroline Walker Bynum, who all suggest that the specifics of race, body, place and time must be considered. Part Three: Expanding Boundaries examines Gloria Anzaldúa's language of religion, as well as the work of Judith Butler on performative, queer theories of religion, and concludes with Saba Mahmood, whose work considers postcolonial religious encounters, secularism, and the relationship between "East" and "West." Reflecting the cultural turn and challenging the existing canon, this is the anthology instructors have been waiting for.For primary texts by the theorists discussed, please consult The Bloomsbury Reader in Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Sarah J. Bloesch and Meredith Minister.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350023741
ISBN-10: 1350023744
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 169 x 244 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Fills the gap for a book introducing students to cultural approaches to studying religion, including gender, race, embodiment, materiality and post-colonialism

Notă biografică

Sarah J. Bloesch is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University, USA. Her teaching and research interests focus on Christianity, critical race theory, and sexuality in the United States.Meredith Minister is Assistant Professor of Religion at Shenandoah University, USA. She teaches courses in religious studies and gender studies and is author of Trinitarian Theology and Power Relations: God Embodied (2014).

Cuprins

Acknowledgments List of Contributors Introduction, Sarah J. Bloesch (Elon University, USA) and Meredith Minister (Shenandoah University, USA)Part One Comparative Approaches1. The Bounds of Hierarchy: Mary Douglas,Kathryn Lofton (Yale University, USA)2. Feminist Textual Critique: Phyllis Trible,Rhiannon Graybill (Rhodes College, USA)3. Myth and the Religious Imaginary: Wendy Doniger,Laurie Patton (Middlebury College, USA)4. Ritual and Belief: Catherine Bell, Kevin Lewis O'Neill (University of Toronto, Canada)Part Two Examining Particularities5. Womanist Religious Interpretation: Alice Walker,Carolyn M. Jones Medine (University of Georgia, USA)6. Signifying Religion in the Modern World:Charles H. Long, Juan M. Floyd- Thomas (Vanderbilt University, USA)7. Gender and Materiality: Caroline Walker Bynum,Jessica A. Boon (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA)Part Three Expanding Boundaries8. Mestiza Language of Religion: Gloria Anzaldúa, Joseph Winters (Duke University, USA)9. Performative, Queer Theories for Religion: JudithButler, Ellen T. Armour (Vanderbilt University, USA)10. Disrupting Secular Power and the Study ofReligion: Saba Mahmood, SherAli Tareen (Franklin and Marshall College, USA)Notes BibliographyIndex

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[An] important resource for any religious studies course that includes a theoretical dimension.
The two volumes directly complement one another and are both written with prose and arguments that are accessible to students with no prior knowledge of the field of religious studies. As such, this is an ideal text for introductory courses in religion.
Serving as brief intellectual-biographical histories, these essays illumine the preoccupations and priorities that have motivated influential scholars's work. While the text is not a required counterpart for the Reader, the editors note that its contributions profitably locate the span of its contents within personal and historiographical worlds, opening an aperture for students to further reflect on their own locations and the disciplinary contexts in which these texts are situated. It is also worth noting that these essays deserve careers of their own as documents of intellectual history and could be usefully assigned together or apart in graduate as well as undergraduate seminars.
A fresh, concise introduction to some of the most important theorists of religion in recent decades. A must for future courses on theoretical approaches to the discipline.
What distinguishes this introduction from its more traditional predecessors is its robust insistence that neither the lived experience nor the study of religion can be separated from issues of cultural context, power, and identity. The result is an innovative guide to the field that models the relation of theory and praxis.
I cannot endorse this highly enough. Many introductions to religion and culture claim a fresh perspective, but Bloesch and Minister give so much more in this accessible and exciting volume. Religious Studies students need ?Cultural Approaches to Studying Religion.
This is the book so many have asked for in secret. Keeping up with the widening field is an increasingly difficult task. Finally there's a way to fill in some of the gaps. It reminds readers that the study of religion isn't a genuflection to past thinkers but a generative, ongoing conversation. And you'll want to take part!
This volume not only fills a glaring lacuna in the available handbooks, it breathes new life into the theory and methods course in religious studies.