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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Altri autori: Dreßler, Markus (Altro) ; Mandair, Arvind-Pal ca. 20./21. Jh. (Altro)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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Pubblicazione: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2011
In:Anno: 2011
Periodico/Rivista:AAR reflection and theory in the study of religion series
AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Ser
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Religione / Secolarismo / Islam / Buddhismo <motivo>
B Religione / Secolarismo
Altre parole chiave:B Atti del convengo
B Religion and sociology
B Raccolta di saggi
B Electronic books
B Religione Agnosticism
B Secularism
Accesso online: Indice
Quarta di copertina
Volltext (Verlag)
Volltext (Verlag)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Edizione parallela:Non elettronico
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Riepilogo: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
Descrizione del documento:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199783020