Religion and beliefs
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Religion as Relation
Marjo Buitelaar, Peter Berger, Kim Knibbe, Dennis Vanden Auweele, Christoph Jedan, Henk van den Belt, Steve Mason, Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Anja Visser, Hanneke Schaap-Jonker, Hanneke Muthert, Simon Coleman, Joram Tarusarira
Peter Berger, Marjo Buitelaar, Kim Knibbe
Religion is studied from a multitude of approaches and methodologies: history, anthropology, philosophy, sociology, psychology and the academic study of religion. This book differs from most other introductions and handbooks in that it draws on ongoing research to show 'how' researchers approach the...
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Religion and Senses of Place
Graham Harvey, Opinderjit Kaur Takhar
Precisely because religion involves bodily and sensual activities, it happens in places. Indeed, religious locations are among the most vibrant, colourful, dramatic and engaging aspects of many cultures. The attraction of pilgrimage destinations as tourism and heritage locations evidences their powe...
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Religion and Touch
Christina Welch, Amy Whitehead
Religion is, at its very root, a sensual and often tactile affair. From genuflections, prayer, dance, and eating, to tattooing, wearing certain garments or objects, lighting candles and performing other rituals, religions of all descriptions involve regular bodily commitments which are mediated by a...
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God / Terror
In late modernity theology has to perform an aesthetic turn, if it wants to break out of its current isolation. Theologians cannot limit themselves to biblical texts and Christian tradition as a frame of reference but also have to search for traces of God's presence in cultures and religions. God/Te...
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Constellated Ministry
It is said that Pagan traditions are the fastest-growing religious group in America. Numbers are tricky to come by, but we know that contemporary Pagans report themselves as living in every American state, and in countries around the world. This volume reviews the shifting landscape of current Pagan...
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Play, Pain and Religion
Play, Pain and Religion is the first consideration of the practices associated with BDSM (Bondage, Domination, Submission and Masochism) in the context of Religious Studies scholarship. The focus is an exploration of BDSM experience as it emerges from the complex interactions of kink activities and...
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Global Phenomenologies of Religion
Satoko Fujiwara, David Thurfjell, Steven Engler, Veikko Kalevi Anttonen, Teuvo Laitila, Katja Triplett, Alessandero Testa, Sukman Jang, Eric Ziolkowski, Suzanne Owen, Markus Altena Davidsen
Satoko Fujiwara, David Thurfjell, Steven Engler
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of religious study that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used as a term by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became po...
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Stag and Stone
Stag and Stone: Religion, Archaeology and Esoteric Aesthetics is a timely and innovative evaluation of the interdisciplinary dialogue between religious studies and archaeology. Investigating the core concepts of materiality, perception, ritual and agency the volume redefines conceptual categories an...
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Post-Lineage Yoga
In 2004 there were estimated to be 2.5 million yoga practitioners in Britain alone, and numbers are still rising today. Previous published research has considered the history and science of yoga, but rarely the ways in which it has been shared. This book aims to change that. From the very advent of...
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Hijacked
Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Fuhrding, Adrian Hermann
Whether intentionally or not much of our public discourse on religion involves a subtle, but incredibly powerful, distinction between "good" and "bad" religion. The implications of these labeling practices are far-reaching, indeed, for such judgments manifest in terms such as "fundamentalist," "radi...