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E-raamat: Introducing Religion: Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z.Smith [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

, (University of Alabama, USA)
  • Formaat: 524 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jan-2008
  • Kirjastus: Equinox Publishing Ltd
  • ISBN-13: 9781315539652
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  • Formaat: 524 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jan-2008
  • Kirjastus: Equinox Publishing Ltd
  • ISBN-13: 9781315539652
The study of religion encompasses ordinary human social practice and is not limited to the extraordinary or divine. 'Introducing Religion' brings together leading international scholars in the field of religious studies to examine religion as integral to everyday social practice. The book establishes a theoretical framework for the study of religion to analyse prayer, ritual, science, morality and politics in relation to the world's major religions. It will be of interest to students of theory and method in religious studies seeking a clear introduction to the multifaceted nature of religion.
List of Contributors xi
Preface xv
INTRODUCING SMITH
Russell T. McCutcheon
1
CARGO CULT SCIENCE AND THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS: GENEALOGY IN AN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Gregory D. Alles
18
REDESCRIBING MANDALAS: A TEST CASE IN BODH GAYA, INDIA
James B. Apple
40
THE GOSPEL OF MARK AS REFLECTION ON EXILE AND IDENTITY
William E. Arnal
57
"MAP-MAKER, MAP-MAKER, MAKE ME A MAP": REDESCRIBING GRECO-ROMAN "ELECTIVE SOCIAL FORMATIONS"
Richard S. Ascough
68
BELIEF: A CLASSIFICATORY LACUNA AND DISCIPLINARY "PROBLEM"
Catherine Bell
85
AN OCCASION FOR THOUGHT
Ron Cameron
100
COMPARING PRAYER: ON SCIENCE, UNIVERSALS, AND TILE HUMAN CONDITION
Armin W. Geertz
113
ON HOW MAKING DIFFERENCES MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Jeppe Sinding Jensen
140
DECONSTRUCTING THE ELIADEAN PARADIGM: SYMBOL
Darlene M. Juschka
163
COMPARISON: CATEGORIES, METHODS, AND MISCHIEFS THE CASE OF THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS
Karen L. King
178
INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS: STUDYING HINDUISM NON-RELIGIOUSLY?
P. Pratap Kumar
192
SMITH, DERRIDA, AND AMOS
Francis Landy
208
IMAGINATION BOUND AND UNBOUND
E. Thomas Lawson
231
TELLING TILE TRUTH CAN BE DANGEROUS BUSINESS
Gary Lease
241
FINDING ONE'S PLACE: MAGIC, SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY
Christopher I. Lehrich
252
IS IT MEANINGFUL TO SPEAK OF A GRECO-ROMAN DIASPORA JUDAISM? A CASE STUDY IN TAXONOMICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF ANCIENT JUDAISM
Jack N. Lightstone
267
THINK GLOBALLY, GET DEATH THREATS LOCALLY: IE POLITICS OF STUDYING HINDUISM
J.E. Llewellyn
282
SACRED PERSISTENCE?
Burton Mack
296
DO RITUALS DO? AND HOW DO THEY DO IT? COGNITION AND THE STUDY OF RITUAL
Luther H. Martin
325
READER AS PRODUCER: JONATHAN Z. SMITH ON EXEGESIS, INGENUITY, ELABORATION
Tomoko Masuzawa
311
RE: PAUL
Merrill P. Miller
340
RABBI JEREMIAH
Jacob Neusner
358
MAPS, GENEALOGY, AND DIFFERENCE: TOWARDS RECOGNITION OF OUR AMBULATORY NATURE
Lieve Orye
377
HOMINIBUS VAGIS VITAM: THE WANDERING OF HOMO HELLENISTICUS IN AN AGE OF TRANSFORMATION
Panayotis Pachis
388
CONNECTING WITH EVOLUTIONARY MODELS: NEW PATTERNS IN COMPARATIVE RELIGION?
William E. Paden
406
WHAT A DIFFERENCE THEORY MAKES
Hans H. Penner
418
THE ONTOLOGY OF RELIGION
Stanley Stowers
434
COMPARING LAW COMPARING RELIGION
Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
450
THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION AND ITS CULTURED DESPISERS
Donald Wiebe
467
INTRODUCING RELIGION
Willi Braun
480
Index of Authors 499
Willi Braun is Professor of Religion in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Russell T. McCutcheon is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama.