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Making Religion : Theory and Practice in the Discursive Study of Religion.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Supplements to Method and Theory in the Study of Religion SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (342 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004309180
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making ReligionDDC classification:
  • 200.72
LOC classification:
  • BL41 -- .M355 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Making Religion: Theory and Practice in the Discursive Study of Religion -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- PART 1: Theoretical Reflections -- 1: Theory and Method in Critical Discursive Study of Religion: An Outline -- 2: No Danger! The Current Re-evaluation of Religion and Luhmann's Concept of Risk -- 3: The Matter of Meaning and the Meaning of Matter: Explorations for the Material and Discursive Study of Religion -- 4: Slippery and Saucy Discourse: Grappling with the Intersection of 'Alternate Epistemologies' and Discourse Analysis -- 5: Distinctions of Religion: The Search for Equivalents of 'Religion' and the Challenge of Theorizing a 'Global Discourse of Religion' -- 6: Discourse on 'Religion' in Organizing Social Practices: Theoretical and Practical Considerations -- 7: Towards a Praxeology of Religious Life: Modes of Observation -- PART 2: Contexts and Cases -- 8: Towards a Praxeology of Religious Life: Tools of Observation -- 9: Religion and Science in Transformation: On Discourse Communities, the Double-Bind of Discourse Research, and Theoretical Controversies -- 10: Indonesian Muslim or World Citizen? Religious Identity in the Dutch Integration Discourse -- 11: Exploring the Spread of Marketization Discourse in the Nordic Folk Church Context -- 12: Critical Reflections on the Religious-Secular Dichotomy in Japan -- 13: Whose Religion, What Freedom? Discursive Constructions of Religion in the Work of un Special Rapporteurs on the Freedom of Religion or Belief -- PART 3: Response -- 14: The Complex Discursivity of Religion -- Index.
Summary: Making Religion provides a unique overview of theoretical and practical aspects of the discursive study of religion. Leading scholars in the field discuss the opportunities and challenges of discourse analysis and its application in the study of religion.
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Intro -- Making Religion: Theory and Practice in the Discursive Study of Religion -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- PART 1: Theoretical Reflections -- 1: Theory and Method in Critical Discursive Study of Religion: An Outline -- 2: No Danger! The Current Re-evaluation of Religion and Luhmann's Concept of Risk -- 3: The Matter of Meaning and the Meaning of Matter: Explorations for the Material and Discursive Study of Religion -- 4: Slippery and Saucy Discourse: Grappling with the Intersection of 'Alternate Epistemologies' and Discourse Analysis -- 5: Distinctions of Religion: The Search for Equivalents of 'Religion' and the Challenge of Theorizing a 'Global Discourse of Religion' -- 6: Discourse on 'Religion' in Organizing Social Practices: Theoretical and Practical Considerations -- 7: Towards a Praxeology of Religious Life: Modes of Observation -- PART 2: Contexts and Cases -- 8: Towards a Praxeology of Religious Life: Tools of Observation -- 9: Religion and Science in Transformation: On Discourse Communities, the Double-Bind of Discourse Research, and Theoretical Controversies -- 10: Indonesian Muslim or World Citizen? Religious Identity in the Dutch Integration Discourse -- 11: Exploring the Spread of Marketization Discourse in the Nordic Folk Church Context -- 12: Critical Reflections on the Religious-Secular Dichotomy in Japan -- 13: Whose Religion, What Freedom? Discursive Constructions of Religion in the Work of un Special Rapporteurs on the Freedom of Religion or Belief -- PART 3: Response -- 14: The Complex Discursivity of Religion -- Index.

Making Religion provides a unique overview of theoretical and practical aspects of the discursive study of religion. Leading scholars in the field discuss the opportunities and challenges of discourse analysis and its application in the study of religion.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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