Critical terms for religious studies

Critical terms for religious studies

by Taylor, Mark C.

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Following in the very successful tradition of Critical Terms for Literary Studies and Critical Terms for Art History, this book attempts to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which this bewildering religious diversity can be accurately described and responsibly discussed. Leading scholars working in a variety of traditions demonstrate through their incisive discussions that even our most basic terms for understanding religion are not neutral but carry specific historical and conc…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Critical terms for religious studies / edited by Mark C. Taylor.

Summary

Following in the very successful tradition of Critical Terms for Literary Studies and Critical Terms for Art History, this book attempts to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which this bewildering religious diversity can be accurately described and responsibly discussed. Leading scholars working in a variety of traditions demonstrate through their incisive discussions that even our most basic terms for understanding religion are not neutral but carry specific historical and conceptual freight.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1998

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (26 entries) : : 11 images, digital files

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781849723954, 1849723958, 0226791734, 9780226791739
  • oclc:ocn941857079
  • LC Classification:BL31
  • Dewey Decimal:210/.1/4

Table of Contents

Belief / Donald S. Lopez, Jr. -- Body / William R. LaFleur -- Conflict / Bruce Lincoln -- Culture / Tomoko Masuzawa -- Experience / Robert H. Sharf -- Gender / Daniel Boyarin -- God / Francis Schu·ssler Fiorenza and Gordon D. Kaufman -- Image / Margaret R. Miles -- Liberation / Kenneth Surin -- Modernity / Gustavo Benavides -- Performance / Catherine Bell -- Person / Charles E. Winquist -- Rationality / Paul Stoller -- Relic / Gregory Schopen -- Religion, religions, religious / Jonathan Z. Smith -- Sacrifice / Jill Robbins -- Territory / Sam Gill -- Time / Anthony F. Aveni -- Transformation / Bruce B. Lawrence -- Transgression / Michael Taussig -- Value / Edith Wyschogrod -- Writing / David Tracy.

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