The Promise of Salvation: A Theory of Religion
The Promise of Salvation is a shining example that one can still write high-quality grand theory in an era when grand theories are considered passé. In an elegant, thought-provoking and empirically grounded way, Riesebrodt takes upon himself to clarify the numerous confusions and debates regarding t...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2011
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 72, Issue: 3, Pages: 375-377 |
| Review of: | The promise of salvation (Chicago [u.a.] : University of Chicago Press, 2010) (Pagis, Michal)
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| Summary: | The Promise of Salvation is a shining example that one can still write high-quality grand theory in an era when grand theories are considered passé. In an elegant, thought-provoking and empirically grounded way, Riesebrodt takes upon himself to clarify the numerous confusions and debates regarding the definition of what we all study—religion, proposing an analytic concept that can be used to study religion comparatively. He offers a common ground for conversation, one that would engage many current and future scholars of religion., Over the last three decades, sociologists of religion had lost the definition and boundaries of their main object of study. The waves of deconstruction had torn apart the notion religion, claiming such an entity is a modern, Western construction. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srr036 |