Religion, theory, critique : classic and contemporary approaches and methodologies / edited by Richard King.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

King, Richard, 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Study and teaching.

Religion.

Religion--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xvi, 664 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Religion, Theory, Critique is an essential tool for learning about theory and method in the study of religion. Leading experts engage with contemporary and classical theories as well as non-Western cultural contexts. Unlike other collections, this anthology emphasizes the dynamic relationship between "religion" as an object of study and different methodological approaches and openly addresses the question of the manifold ways in which "religion," "secular," and "culture" are imagined within different disciplinary horizons. Each chapter introduces the topic, identifies key theorists and issues, and respects the pluralistic nature of the scholarship in the field. This volume is the first textbook to engage discussion of classical approaches with contemporary cultural and critical theories."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

The Copernican Turn in the Study of Religion / Richard King

Part I. Historical Foundations/Genealogies. Nominalist "Judaism" and the Late-Ancient Invention of Religion / Daniel Boyarin

Bible/Religion/Critique / Ward Blanton and Yvonne Sherwood

Hegel : On Secularity and the Religion-Making Machine / Arvind Mandair

Friedrich Max Müller and the Science of Religion / Lourens van den Bosch

Classic Comparative Theology and the Study of Religion / Hugh Nicholson

Religion, Religious Studies, and Shinto in Modern Japan / Jun'ichi Isomae

Part II. The Enlightenment Critique of Religion. David Hume on Religion / Randall Styers

Feuerbach on Religion / Jay Geller

Nietzsche : Life, Works, Reception / Tyler Roberts

Sigmund Freud on Religion / Volney Gay

Karl Marx on Religion / Terry Rey

"Religion" in the Writings of the New Atheists / Tina Beattie

Part III. Religion Beyond the West. Indigenous African Traditions as Models for Theorizing Religion / Edward P. Antonio

Zongjiao and the Category of Religion in China / Ya-Pei Kuo

Islamic Dīn as an Alternative to Western Models of "Religion" / Ahmet T. Karamustafa

Translation / Arvind Mandair

Part IV. Religion as Experience. The Psychology of Religion / Jeremy Carrette

William James and the Study of Religion : A Critical Reading / Jeremy Carrette and David Lamberth

Rudolf Otto and the Idea of the Holy / Gregory Alles

Jung on Religion / Volney Gay

Religion and the Brain : Cognitive Science as a Basis for Theories of Religion / Ilkka Pyysiäinen

A Critical Response to Cognitivist Theories of Religion / Steven Engler and Mark Quentin Gardiner

Part V. Religion, Language, and Myth. "Religion" in Anglo-American (Analytical) Philosophy of Religion / Ludger Viefhues-Bailey

Structuralist Linguistics and Structuralist Theories of Religion / Volney Gay

Imagining, Manufacturing, and Theorizing Myth : An Overview of Key Theories of Myth and Religion / Daniel Dubuisson

Part VI. Religion/Society/Culture. The Origins of the Sociology of Religion : The Problem of "Religion" and "Religions" in Classical Sociology / Bryan S. Turner

Contemporary Social Theory and Religion : The Misconstrual of Religion in Theories of "Second" Modernity / Simon Speck

Classical Anthropological Theories of Religion / Randall Styers

Defining Religion / Jon P. Mitchell

Religion, Media, and Cultural Studies / Richard Fox

Part VII. Religion, Ritual, and Action. Classic Ritual Theories / Ulrike Brunotte

The Myth-Ritual Debate / Ulrike Brunotte

From Ritual to Ritualization / Jon P. Mitchell

Religion and Theories of Action / Kocku von Stuckrad

Part VIII. The Phenomenology of Religion and Its Critics. Phenomenology of Religion : The Philosophical Background / Charles E. Scott

The Phenomenology of Religion / James L. Cox

Mircea Eliade / Gregory Alles

Critical Responses to Phenomenological Theories of Religion : What Kind of Category Is "Religion"? / William Arnal

Critical Religion : "Religion" Is Not a Stand-Alone Category / Timothy Fitzgerald

Part IX. Religion and Contemporary European Thought. Post-Marxism and Religion / Nelson Maldonado-Torres

Pierre Bourdieu on Religion / Terry Rey

Jacques Derrida on Religion / Ellen Armour

Foucault and the Study of Religion / Jeremy Carrette

Contemporary Continental Philosophy and the "Return of the Religious" / Randall Styers

Part X. Religion, Gender, and Sexuality. Feminist Approaches to the Study of Religion / Darlene Juschka

French Feminism and Religion / Morny Joy

Queer Theory Meets Critical Religion : Are We Starting to Think Yet? / Naomi R. Goldenberg

Part XI. Religion, Coloniality, and Race. Religion, Modernity, and Coloniality / Nelson Maldonado-Torres

Apartheid Comparative Religion in South Africa / David Chidester

Theorizing Race and Religion : Du Bois, Cox, and Fanon / William David Hart

Black Cultural Criticism, the New Politics of Difference, and Religious Criticism / Victor Anderson

Theorizing Black Religious Studies : A Genealogy / Victor Anderson

Part XII. Religion/Nation/Globalization. Religion and Violence / William T. Cavanaugh

Religion and Economy / Gregory Alles

Globalization and Religion / Jeremy Carrette.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231145428

023114542X

9780231145435

0231145438

OCLC:

982184690