Interpreting Religion: Making Sense of Religious Lives (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781529211627)

This edited collection harnesses a diversity of interpretivist perspectives to provide a panoramic view of the production, experiences, contexts, and meanings of religion. Scholars from the US, South Asia and Europe explore religious phenomena using ethnographic, comparative historical, psychosocial, and critical theoretical approaches. Each chapter addresses foundational themes in the study of religion - from identity, discourse and power to ritual, emotion, and embodiment. Authors examine dynamic intersections of race, gender, history, and the present within the religious traditions of Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism, as well as among the non-religious. Cutting boldly across religious traditions and paradigms, the book investigates areas of harmony and contradiction across different interpretive lenses to achieve a richer understanding of the meanings of religion.

Author: Erin F. Johnston
ISBN-10: 152921162X
ISBN-13: 9781529211627
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2023
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d