Religion, theory, critique: classic and contemporary approaches and methodologies
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Copernican Turn in the Study of Religion, by Richard King -- Part I: Historical Foundations/Genealogies -- 2. Nominalist âJudaismâ and the Late-Ancient Invention of Religion, by Daniel Boyarin -- 3. Bible/Religion/Critique, by Wa...
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Columbia University Press
[2017]
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Religion
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Collection of essays
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| Summary: | Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Copernican Turn in the Study of Religion, by Richard King -- Part I: Historical Foundations/Genealogies -- 2. Nominalist âJudaismâ and the Late-Ancient Invention of Religion, by Daniel Boyarin -- 3. Bible/Religion/Critique, by Ward Blanton and Yvonne Sherwood -- 4. Hegel: On Secularity and the Religion-Making Machine, by Arvind Mandair -- 5. Friedrich Max Müller and the Science of Religion, by Lourens van den Bosch -- 6. Classic Comparative Theology and the Study of Religion, by Hugh Nicholson -- 7. Religion, Religious Studies, and Shinto in Modern Japan, by Junâichi Isomae -- Part II: The Enlightenment Critique of Religion -- 8. David Hume on Religion, by Randall Styers -- 9. Feuerbach on Religion, by Jay Geller -- 10. Nietzsche: Life, Works, Reception, by Tyler Roberts -- 11. Sigmund Freud on Religion, by Volney Gay -- 12. Karl Marx on Religion, by Terry Rey -- 13. âReligionâ in the Writings of the New Atheists, by Tina Beattie -- Part III: Religion Beyond the West -- 14. Indigenous African Traditions as Models for Theorizing Religion, by Edward P. Antonio -- 15. Zongjiao and the Category of Religion in China, by Ya-pei Kuo -- 16. Islamic DÄ«n as an Alternative to Western Models of âReligionâ, by Ahmet T. Karamustafa -- 17. Translation, by Arvind Mandair -- Part IV: Religion as Experience -- 18. The Psychology of Religion, by Jeremy Carrette -- 19. William James and the Study of Religion: A Critical Reading, by Jeremy Carrette and David Lamberth -- 20. Rudolf Otto and the Idea of the Holy, by Gregory Alles -- 21. Jung on Religion, by Volney Gay -- 22. Religion and the Brain: Cognitive Science as a Basis for Theories of Religion, by Ilkka Pyysiäinen -- 23. A Critical Response to Cognitivist Theories of Religion, by Steven Engler and Mark Quentin Gardiner Part V: Religion, Language, and Myth -- 24. âReligionâ in Anglo-American (Analytical) Philosophy of Religion, by Ludger Viefhues-Bailey -- 25. Structuralist Linguistics and Structuralist Theories of Religion, by Volney Gay -- 26. Imagining, Manufacturing, and Theorizing Myth: An Overview of Key Theories of Myth and Religion, by Daniel Dubuisson -- Part VI: Religion/Society/Culture -- 27. The Origins of the Sociology of Religion: The Problem of âReligionâ and âReligionsâ in Classical Sociology, by Bryan S. Turner -- 28. Contemporary Social Theory and Religion: The Misconstrual of Religion in Theories of âSecondâ Modernity, by Simon Speck -- 29. Classical Anthropological Theories of Religion, by Randall Styers -- 30. Defining Religion: Geertz and Asad, by Jon P. Mitchell -- 31. Religion, Media, and Cultural Studies, by Richard Fox -- Part VII. Religion, Ritual, and Action -- 32. Classic Ritual Theories, by Ulrike Brunotte -- 33. The Myth-Ritual Debate, by Ulrike Brunotte -- 34. From Ritual to Ritualization, by Jon P. Mitchell -- 35. Religion and Theories of Action, by Kocku von Stuckrad -- Part VIII: The Phenomenology of Religion and Its Critics -- 36. Phenomenology of Religion: The Philosophical Background, by Charles E. Scott -- 37. The Phenomenology of Religion, by James L. Cox -- 38. Mircea Eliade, by Gregory Alles -- 39. Critical Responses to Phenomenological Theories of Religion: What Kind of Category Is âReligionâ?, by William Arnal -- 40. Critical Religion: âReligionâ Is Not a Stand-Alone Category, by Timothy Fitzgerald -- Part IX: Religion and Contemporary European Thought -- 41. Post-Marxism and Religion, by Nelson Maldonado-Torres -- 42. Pierre Bourdieu on Religion, by Terry Rey -- 43. Jacques Derrida on Religion, by Ellen Armour -- 44. Foucault and the Study of Religion, by Jeremy Carrette 45. Contemporary Continental Philosophy and the âReturn of the Religiousâ, by Randall Styers -- Part X: Religion, Gender, and Sexuality -- 46. Feminist Approaches to the Study of Religion, by Darlene Juschka -- 47. French Feminism and Religion, by Morny Joy -- 48. Queer Theory Meets Critical Religion: Are We Starting to Think Yet?, by Naomi R. Goldenberg -- Part XI: Religion, Coloniality, and Race -- 49. Religion, Modernity, and Coloniality, by Nelson Maldonado-Torres -- 50. Apartheid Comparative Religion in South Africa, by David Chidester -- 51. Theorizing Race and Religion: Du Bois, Cox, and Fanon, by William David Hart -- 52. Black Cultural Criticism, the New Politics of Difference, and Religious Criticism, by Victor Anderson -- 53. Theorizing Black Religious Studies: A Genealogy, by Victor Anderson -- Part XII: Religion/Nation/Globalization -- 54. Religion and Violence, by William T. Cavanaugh -- 55. Religion and Economy, by Gregory Alles -- 56. Globalization and Religion, by Jeremy Carrette -- List of Contributors -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 0231518242 |