Secularism and religion-making

This book conceives of "religion-making" broadly as the multiple ways in which social and cultural phenomena are configured and reconfigured within the matrix of a world-religion discourse that is historically and semantically rooted in particular Western and predominantly Christian experi...

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Collaborateurs: Dreßler, Markus (Autre) ; Mandair, Arvind-Pal ca. 20./21. Jh. (Autre)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2011
Dans:Année: 2011
Collection/Revue:AAR reflection and theory in the study of religion series
AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Ser
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Religion / Laïcité / Islam / Buddhisme
B Religion / Laïcité
Sujets non-standardisés:B Religion and sociology
B Religion Agnosticism
B Electronic books
B Contribution <colloque>
B Secularism
B Recueil d'articles
Accès en ligne: Table des matières
Quatrième de couverture
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Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:This book conceives of "religion-making" broadly as the multiple ways in which social and cultural phenomena are configured and reconfigured within the matrix of a world-religion discourse that is historically and semantically rooted in particular Western and predominantly Christian experiences, knowledges, and institutions. It investigates how religion is universalized and certain ideas, social formations, and practices rendered "religious" are thus integrated in and subordinated to very particular - mostly liberal-secular - assumptions about the relationship between histo
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199783020