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Study of Religion: A Reader [Minkštas viršelis]

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(University of Lethbridge, Canada), (University of Lethbridge, Canada)
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 528 pages, aukštis x plotis: 246x174 mm, weight: 980 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 19-Aug-2013
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415495873
  • ISBN-13: 9780415495875
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Study of Religion: A ReaderDidesnis paveikslėlis
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 528 pages, aukštis x plotis: 246x174 mm, weight: 980 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 19-Aug-2013
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415495873
  • ISBN-13: 9780415495875
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This collection illustrates the spectrum of ideas that people throughout history have had when considering how to understand and study religion. The editors present a selection of key writings that reflect a broad range of voices on the nature and practice of the discipline. Religious studies draws on works by anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, theologians, and others, which notably impact our understanding of the concept of religion, of particular religious ideas, and on how religion should be studied. The Study of Religion: A Reader contains both classic and contemporary perspectives, including material from non-Western traditions. It provides students of religion with an understanding of how the discipline developed, some of the current issues and lines of thought, as well as future prospects.

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"What sets The Study of Religion: A Reader apart is not only its scope, the inclusion of influential contemporary readings, and its discussion questions, but also that it includes critiques of the field and invites readers to take them seriously as well." - Russell T. McCutcheon, University of Alabama, USA

"I can think of no better selection of scholarly texts with which to introduce students to the breadth of approaches to the academic study of religion. Like its complementary volume, Introduction to the Study of Religion, this balanced collection of old and new is guided by pedagogy rather than ideology." - Michel Desjardins, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

"The Study of Religion is an excellent readera thoughtful and creative selection of works on religion and ritual from a variety of disciplinary, historical, and cultural perspectives. It will give students in particular a clear sense of why religion still matters to our understanding of the social world. Highly recommended." - Matthew Engelke, London School of Economics , UK

"In this volume the editors have collected a set of absolute must-reads for anyone interested in religion and the study of it. The contributions range wide across time and academic disciplines. Harding and Rodrigues are to be commended for having assembled with an open mind a broad scope of essays, leaving space for positive voices as well as for those critical and sceptical." - Jeppe Sinding Jensen, Aarhus University, Denmark

Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xiii
Part 1 The Discipline: Its History and Fundamental Perspectives
1(44)
1 The Study of Religion in Historical Perspective
3(24)
Eric J. Sharpe
2 Methodology and the Study of Religion: Some Misgivings
27(11)
Wilfred Cantwell Smith
3 Premises Concerning Religious Studies
38(7)
Hillary P. Rodrigues
Part 2 The Older Strata: Early, Classic, or Foundational Writings
45(114)
A Philosophy and Theology
Early Examples from the West and East
4 Allegory of the Cave
47(6)
Plato
5 The Difference between Exoteric and Esoteric Buddhism
53(5)
Kukai
Classic Examples of Nineteenth-century Philosophizing on Religion
6 The Teleological Argument
58(6)
William Paley
7 The Essence of Christianity
64(6)
Ludwig Feuerbach
Examples of Foundational Theorists in Feminist Studies of Religion
8 After the Death of God the Father
70(7)
Mary Daly
9 The Coming of Lilith: Toward a Feminist Theology
77(7)
Judith Plaskow
B Classic Social Scientific Perspectives (Sociological and Anthropological)
10 The Art of Magic and the Power of Faith
84(10)
Bronislaw Malinowski
11 Definition of Religious Phenomena and of Religion
94(7)
Emile Durkheim
12 Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism
101(13)
Max Weber
C Classic Phenomenological and Psychological Perspectives
13 Mysticism
114(13)
William James
14 The Future of an Illusion
127(14)
Sigmund Freud
15 The Analysis of `Mysterium'
141(5)
Rudolph Otto
16 Approximations: The Structure and Morphology of the Sacred
146(13)
Mircea Eliade
Part 3 The Newer Strata: Contemporary Voices in the Scholarly Study of Religion
159(178)
A Contemporary Philosophy, Theology, and/or Religious Studies
Blurring the Categories of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies
17 On Doing Philosophy of Religion
161(9)
John Hick
18 Islam and the Encounter of Religions
170(22)
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Critical Stances on Theology vs. Religious Studies with Eastern Examples
19 Insiders and Outsiders: Studying Hinduism Non-Religiously?
192(13)
P. Pratap Kumar
20 Contemporary Academic Buddhist Theology: Its Emergence and Rationale
205(7)
John Makransky
B Contemporary Social Scientific Perspectives (Sociological and Anthropological)
Perspectives on Myth and Ritual
21 Other Scholars' Myths: The Hunter and the Sage
212(18)
Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
22 Liminality and Communitas
230(9)
Victor Turner
23 Ritual Reification
239(17)
Catherine Bell
Perspectives on Symbol and Cultural Construction of Religion
24 The Construction of Religion as an Anthropological Category
256(18)
Talal Asad
25 Civil Religion in America
274(16)
Robert N. Bellah
Analysis of Symbols
26 The Abominations of Leviticus
290(12)
Mary Douglas
27 Beauty and the Drainpipe: Art and Symbolism in Religion
302(8)
Sam Gill
C Contemporary Phenomenological and Psychological Perspectives
28 The Principles and Meaning of the Study of Religion
310(9)
Ninian Smart
29 Cognitive Science of Religion: What Is It and Why Is It?
319(18)
Justin L. Barrett
Part 4 The Discipline: Contemporary Practices and Positions
337(104)
A Critical Stance for Secular Study of Religion
30 Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
339(16)
Daniel Dennett
31 Introduction: Secularists and the Not Godless World
355(12)
Jacques Berlinerblau
B Positions and Practices in the Discipline
32 Who's Right about Reality: Traditionalists, Modernists, or the Postmoderns?
367(7)
Huston Smith
33 Who is a Buddhist? Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures
374(13)
Thomas A. Tweed
34 Rationality
387(19)
Rodney Stark
35 World
406(13)
William E. Paden
36 Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
419(11)
Leila Ahmed
37 Defining Feminism, Religion, and the Study of Religion
430(11)
Rita Gross
Part 5 Religious Studies: Prescriptions and Prospects
441(57)
A Disciplinary Boundaries
38 The Failure of Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion
443(18)
Donald Wiebe
39 `Religion' and `Religious Studies': No Difference at All
461(11)
Jonathan Z. Smith
B Religious Studies in the Academy
40 Teaching Buddhism in the Postmodern University: Understanding, Critique, Evaluation
472(9)
Frank E. Reynolds
41 Toward a Global Vision of Religious Studies
481(17)
Gregory D. Alles
Index 498
Hillary P. Rodrigues received his PhD in Religious Studies from McMaster University. He is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, where he has been honored with a Distinguished Teaching Award. His books include Introducing Hinduism (2006), Introduction to the Study of Religion with John S. Harding (2008), and Studying Hinduism in Practice (2011).



John S. Harding received his PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He is Associate Professor and Chair of the Religious Studies Department at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. His books include Introduction to the Study of Religion with Hillary P. Rodrigues (2008), Wild Geese: Buddhism in Canada with Victor Sogen Hori and Alexander Soucy (2010), and Studying Buddhism in Practice (2011).