Cultural approaches to studying religion : an introduction to theories and methods / edited by Sarah J. Bloesch and Meredith Minister.

This is the first book to provide an introduction to contemporary cultural approaches to the study of religion. This book makes sophisticated ideas accessible at an introductory level, and examines the analytic tools of scholars in religious studies, as well as in related disciplines that have shape...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bloesch, Sarah J. (Editor)
Minister, Meredith, 1983- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
Subjects:
Religion > Methodology.
Religion and culture.
11.01 systematic religious studies: general.
Interdisziplinäre Forschung.
Methodologie.
Religionswissenschaft.
Physical Description:xii, 202 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Sarah J. Bloesch, Meredith Minister
  • Part One: Comparative Approaches. The bounds of hierarchy : Mary Douglas / Kathryn Lofton
  • Feminist textual critique : Phyllis Trible / Rhiannon Graybill
  • Myth and the religious imaginary : Wendy Doniger / Laurie Patton
  • Ritual and belief : Catherine Bell / Kevin Lewis O'Neill
  • Part Two: Examining particularities. Womanist religious interpretation : Alice Walker / Carolyn M. Jones Medine
  • Signifying religion in the modern world : Charles H. Long / Juan M. Floyd-Thomas
  • Gender and materiality : Caroline Walker Bynum / Jessica A. Boon
  • Part Three: Expanding boundaries. Mestiza language of religion : Gloria Anzaldúa / Joseph Winters
  • Performative, Queer theories for religion : Judith Butler / Ellen T. Armour
  • Disrupting secular power and the study of religion : Saba Mahmood / SherAli Tareen.