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The Ideology Of Religious Studies
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Author : Timothy Fitzgerald
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003-10-16
The Ideology Of Religious Studies written by Timothy Fitzgerald and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-16 with Religion categories.
In recent years there has been an intensifying debate within the religious studies community about the validity of religion as an analytical category. In this book Fitzgerald sides with those who argue that the concept of religion itself should be abandoned. On the basis of his own research in India and Japan, and through a detailed analysis of the use of religion in a wide range of scholarly texts, the author maintains that the comparative study of religion is really a form of liberal ecumenical theology. By pretending to be a science, religion significantly distorts socio-cultural analysis. He suggest, however, that religious studies can be re-represented in a way which opens up new and productive theoretical connections with anthropology and cultural and literary studies.
Religion And Politics In International Relations
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Author : Timothy Fitzgerald
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-10-27
Religion And Politics In International Relations written by Timothy Fitzgerald and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-27 with Religion categories.
Scholars in International Relations concerned with religion and its relations to world politics are rhetorically constructing a powerful modern myth. A component of this myth is that religion is inherently violent and irrational unless controlled by the secular state, which is inherently rational and only reluctantly violent. Timothy Fitzgerald discusses how, in this modern myth, "religion" appears as a force of nature which either assists or threatens the sacred secular order of things, and how religion is portrayed as a kind of universal essence which takes many forms, its recent most dangerous manifestation being "Islamic terrorism". This book illustrates that the essential distinction between irrational religion and rational secular politics appears as an unquestioned preconception on the basis of which policy is conducted, countries invaded and wars fought. Arguing that this rhetorical construction of religion provides the foundation for faith in the rationality of modern liberal capitalism, Fitzgerald demonstrates how a historically contingent discourse has been transformed into a powerful set of global assumptions.
The Western Construction Of Religion
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Author : Daniel Dubuisson
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2003-06-18
The Western Construction Of Religion written by Daniel Dubuisson and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-18 with Religion categories.
The Western Construction of Religion not only provides a critical assessment of the whole history of religionas it is understood in the West but offers better ways of constructing the study of this central part of human experience.
Capitalizing Religion
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Author : Craig Martin
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-09-25
Capitalizing Religion written by Craig Martin and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-25 with Religion categories.
Talk of 'spirituality' and 'individual religion' is proliferating both in popular discourse and scholarly works. Increasingly people claim to be 'spiritual but not religious,' or to prefer 'individual religion' to 'organized religion.' Scholars have for decades noted the phenomenon - primarily within the middle class - of individuals picking and choosing elements from among various religious traditions, forming their own religion or spirituality for themselves. While the topics of 'spirituality' and 'individual religion' are regularly treated as self-evident by the media and even some scholars of religion, Capitalizing Religion provides one of the first critical analyses of the phenomenon, arguing that these recent forms of spirituality are in many cases linked to capitalist ideology and consumer practices. Examining cases such as Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now, and Karen Berg's God Wears Lipstick, Craig Martin ultimately argues that so-called 'individual religion' is a religion of the status quo or, more critically, 'an opiate of the bourgeoisie.' Capitalizing Religion: Ideology and Opiate of the Bourgeoisie is a landmark publication in critical religious studies.
The Routledge Handbook Of Religion Politics And Ideology
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Author : Jeffrey Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-08-14
The Routledge Handbook Of Religion Politics And Ideology written by Jeffrey Haynes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-14 with Political Science categories.
This comprehensive handbook examines relationships between religion, politics and ideology, with a focus on several world religions — Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism — in a variety of contexts, regions and countries. Relationships between religion, politics and ideology help mould people’s attitudes about the way that political systems, both domestically and internationally, are organised and operate. While conceptually separate, religion, politics and ideology often become intertwined and as a result their relationships evolve over time. This volume brings together a number of expert contributors who explore a wide range of topical and controversial issues, including gender, nationalism, communism, fascism, populism and Islamism. Such topics inform the overall aim of the handbook: to provide a comprehensive summary of the relationships between religion, politics and ideology, including basic issues and new approaches. This handbook is a major research resource for students, researchers and professionals from various disciplinary backgrounds, including religious studies, political science, international relations, and sociology.
Antonio Gramsci And The Question Of Religion
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Author : Bruce Grelle
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2016-09-19
Antonio Gramsci And The Question Of Religion written by Bruce Grelle and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-19 with Religion categories.
Antonio Gramsci and the Question of Religion provides a new introduction to the thought of Gramsci through the prisms of religious studies and comparative ethics. Bruce Grelle shows that Gramsci’s key ideas – on hegemony, ideology, moral reformation, "traditional" and "organic" intellectuals – were formulated with simultaneous considerations of religion and politics. Identifying Gramsci’s particular brand of Marxism, Grelle offers an overview of Gramsci’s approach to religion and applies it to contemporary debates over the role of religion and morality in social order and social change. This book is ideal for students and scholars interested in Gramsci, religion, and comparative ethics.
Discourse On Civility And Barbarity
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Author : Timothy Fitzgerald
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2007-12-04
Discourse On Civility And Barbarity written by Timothy Fitzgerald and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-04 with Philosophy categories.
This book analyses the development of different meanings of the term 'religion' in different contexts and in relation to other categories with shifting and unstable nuances such as the state, politics, economics, and the secular. It traces a major transformation of the category as a function of Euro-American colonialism and capitalism from its traditional meaning of Christian Truth to the modern generic and pluralised category of religions and world religions. Throughout the period under consideration discourses on religion have overlapped significantly with discourses on 'our' civility as opposed to 'their' barbarity, underpinning the superior rationality of the literate male elite of western societies.
Progressive And Conservative Religious Ideologies
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Author : Richard Lints
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-15
Progressive And Conservative Religious Ideologies written by Richard Lints and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with Religion categories.
This book explores the surprisingly disruptive role of religion for progressive and conservative ideologies in the tumultuous decade of the 1960s. Conservative movements were far more progressive than the standard religious narrative of the decade alleges and the notoriously progressive ethos of the era was far more conservative than our collective memory has recognized. Lints explores how the themes of protest and retrieval intersect each other in ironic ways in the significant concrete controversies of the 1960s - the Civil Rights Movement, Second Feminist Movement, The Jesus Movements, and the Anti-War Movements - and in the conceptual conflicts of ideas during the era - The Death of God Movement, the end of ideology controversy, and the death of foundationalism. Lints argues that religion and religious ideologies serve both a prophetic function as well as a domesticating one, and that neither "conservative" nor "progressive" movements have cornered the market in either direction. In the process Lints helps us better understand the complex role of religion in cultural formation.
Theory For Religious Studies
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Author : William E. Deal
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2004
Theory For Religious Studies written by William E. Deal and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Religion categories.
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Secular Theories On Religion
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Author : Tim Jensen
language : en
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Release Date : 2000
Secular Theories On Religion written by Tim Jensen and has been published by Museum Tusculanum Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Philosophy categories.
Scholars of religious studies from Europe and North America explore what a secular, or scientific, study of religion should be like, what methods it should apply, what aims, and what kind of scientific thinking should be pursued. They also consider scholars as public intellectuals operating within and influenced by general societal developments. The 18 essays provide a survey of current thinking in the field. Distributed in the US by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.