{"product_id":"worldview-religious-studies-douglas-j-davies-9781032150840","title":"Worldview Religious Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorldview Religious Studies\u003c\/em\u003e brings the study of religion, spirituality, secularism, and other mixed attitudes of life under the overarching scheme of worldview studies. This book introduces and defines worldviews more generally before establishing a framework specific to religious studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe drive for meaning-making is explored through ritual-symbolic activities, ideas of 'play', and the power of emotions to transform simple ideas into values and beliefs that frame identity and signpost destiny. Identity and its sacralisation are discussed alongside gift\/reciprocity theory in their relation to ideas of merit, karma, and salvation in Eastern and Western traditions. This theoretical background is used to introduce a new classification of worldviews - natural, scientific, ancestral, karmic, prophetic-sectarian, mystical, and ideological.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganised thematically by chapter, this book brings together familiar and unfamiliar authors, theories, and sources to challenge students and teachers of Religious Studies, Theology, and Ethics. It introduces worldview religious studies as a framework through which to re-think human endeavours to identify, cope and even transcend life's flaws and perils. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas J. Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 103215084X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032150840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d","brand":"Douglas J. Davies","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990711599359,"sku":"9781032150840","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c65c7c6-0d65-4e06-bf39-6ec69f99dbd0.jpg?v=1683306230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/worldview-religious-studies-douglas-j-davies-9781032150840","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}