RT Book
T1 What matters?: ethnographies of value in a not so secular age
T2 Religion, Culture and Public Life
A2 Bender, Courtney
A2 Taves, Ann
LA English
PP New York
PB Columbia University Press
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/739056646
AB Over the past decade, religious, secular, and spiritual distinctions have broken down, forcing scholars to rethink secularity and its relationship to society. Since classifying a person, activity, or experience as religious or otherwise is an important act of valuation, one that defines the characteristics of a group and its relation to others, scholars are struggling to recast such concepts in an increasingly ambiguous, pluralistic world. This collection considers religious and secular categories and what they mean to those who seek valuable, ethical lives. As they investigate how
AB Over the past decade, religious, secular, and spiritual distinctions have broken down, forcing scholars to rethink secularity and its relationship to society. Since classifying a person, activity, or experience as religious or otherwise is an important act of valuation, one that defines the characteristics of a group and its relation to others, scholars are struggling to recast such concepts in an increasingly ambiguous, pluralistic world.This collection considers religious and secular categories and what they mean to those who seek valuable, ethical lives. As they investigate how individuals
NO Description based upon print version of record
CN BF637.C5 .B384 2012
SN 9780231156851
K1 Electronic books
DO 10.7312/bend15684