Description: Further DetailsTitle: What Is Religion?Condition: NewSubtitle: Debating the Academic Study of ReligionContributor: Aaron W. Hughes (Edited by), Russell T. McCutcheon (Edited by)Format: PaperbackISBN-10: 0190064986EAN: 9780190064983ISBN: 9780190064983Publisher: Oxford University Press IncGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Date: 02/02/2022Description: Controversies over how to define the word "religion" have persisted for decades. It is a term of art and of academic study, but also one of governance, technologies, and of networks; it is a concept whose diversity is often its own worst enemy. "Religion" is as much a fuzzy set of conceptualizations and generalizations about a range of human activities as it is an authorizing system of persons, ideas, and practices. What is Religion?: Debating the Academic Study of Religion invites readers to eavesdrop on scholarly debates over the limits of, and uses for, a word commonly used but infrequently defined in a precise manner. This volume takes the temperature of the modern field of Religious Studies by inviting a diverse group of scholars to offer their own substantive contribution that builds on the shared opening prompt, "Religion is...". Their essays document the current state of the field and its various sub-fields, assess the progress that has been made over the past generation, and propose new directions for future work. Seventeen of the international field's leading scholars show how they work with each other's definition, or, sometimes, the lack of a definition. Of interest to students, scholars, and general readers alike, What is Religion? will provoke debate and provide insights into the state of the field.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 233mmItem Length: 155mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 550gAuthor: No AuthorRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: What Is Religion?
Title: What Is Religion?
Subtitle: Debating the Academic Study of Religion
Contributor: Russell T. McCutcheon (Edited by)
ISBN-10: 0190064986
EAN: 9780190064983
ISBN: 9780190064983
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Social Sciences
Release Date: 02/02/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Number of Pages: 378 Pages
Publication Name: What Is Religion? : Debating the Academic Study of Religion
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: Comparative Religion, General
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Author: Russell T. McCutcheon
Item Length: 6.2 in
Subject Area: Religion
Item Width: 9.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
