Choice Reviews Online· 2012· Book chapter
The Cambridge companion to religious studies
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Short summary
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the field of religious studies, exploring its historical development, major theoretical problems, and diverse methodological approaches.
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Key points
- The book is structured into three parts: Religion and Religious Studies, Major Theoretical Problems, and Methodological Variations.
- Contributors address foundational concepts like sympathy, suspicion, belief, politics, the holy, and normativity.
- Methodological sections cover diverse areas such as Buddhism and violence, material religion, law and religion, and the study of Islam.
- The collection highlights the interdisciplinary nature of religious studies, drawing on history, sociology, anthropology, and textual analysis.
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Abstract
Introduction Robert A. Orsi Part I. Religion and Religious Studies: The Irony of Inheritance: 1. On sympathy, suspicion, and studying religion: historical reflections on a doubled inheritance Leigh E. Schmidt 2. Thinking about religion, belief and politics Talal Asad 3. Special things as building blocks of religions Ann Taves 4. The problem of the holy Robert A. Orsi Part II. Major Theoretical Problems: 5. Social order or social chaos Michael J. Puett 6. Tradition: the power of constraint Michael L. Satlow 7. The text and the world Anne M. Blackburn 8. On the role of normativity in religious studies Thomas A. Lewis 9. Translation Martin Kavka 10. Material religion Matthew Engelke 11. Theology and the study of religion: a relationship Christine Helmer Part III. Methodological Variations: 12. Buddhism and violence Bernard Faure 13. Practicing religions Courtney Bender 14. The look of the sacred David Morgan 15. Reforming culture: law and religion today Winnifred Fallers Sullivan 16. Sexing religion R. Marie Griffith 17. Constituting ethical subjectivities Leela Prasad 18. Neo-Pentecostalism and globalization Marla Frederick 19. Religious criticism, secular critique, and the 'critical study of religion': lessons from the study of Islam Noah Salomon and Jeremy F. Walton.
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