Cultural approaches to studying religion : an introduction to theories and methods /

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Imprint:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. ©2019
Description:	xii, 202 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Religion -- Methodology. Religion and culture. Religion and culture. Religion -- Methodology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11868594

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Other authors / contributors:	Bloesch, Sarah J., editor. Minister, Meredith, 1983- editor.
ISBN:	9781350023741 1350023744 9781350023734 1350023736 9781350023765 1350023760 9781350023758 1350023752
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This is the first book to provide an introduction to contemporary cultural approaches to the study of religion. This book makes sophisticated ideas accessible at an introductory level, and examines the analytic tools of scholars in religious studies, as well as in related disciplines that have shaped the field including anthropology, history, literature, and critical studies in race, sexuality, and gender. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar and includes: the biographical and historical context of each theorist -- · their approaches and key writings -- analysis and evaluation of each theory -- suggested further reading. Part One: Comparative Approaches considers how major features such as taboo, texts, myths and ritual work across religious traditions by exploring the work of Mary Douglas, Phyllis Trible, Wendy Doniger and Catherine Bell. Part Two: Examining Particularities analyzes the comparative approach through the work of Alice Walker, Charles Long and Caroline Walker Bynum, who all suggest that the specifics of race, body, place and time must be considered. Part Three: Expanding Boundaries examines Gloria Anzaldúa's language of religion, as well as the work of Judith Butler on performative, queer theories of religion, and concludes with Saba Mahmood, whose work considers postcolonial religious encounters, secularism, and the relationship between "East" and "West." Reflecting the cultural turn and challenging the existing canon, this is the anthology instructors have been waiting for. -- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part 1. Comparative Approaches
1. The Bounds of Hierarchy
2. Feminist Textual Critique
3. Myth and the Religious Imaginary
4. Ritual and Belief
Part 2. Examining Particularities
5. Womanist Religious Interpretation
6. Signifying Religion in the Modern World
7. Gender and Materiality
Part 3. Expanding Boundaries
8. Mestiza Language of Religion
9. Performative, Queer Theories for Religion
10. Disrupting Secular Power and the Study of Religion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Cultural approaches to studying religion : an introduction to theories and methods /

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