What matters?: ethnographies of value in a not so secular age

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 characte...

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Другие авторы: Bender, Courtney (Другой) ; Taves, Ann (Другой)
Формат: Электронный ресурс
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: New York Columbia University Press 2012
В:Год: 2012
Серии журналов/журналы:Religion, Culture and Public Life
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Итог: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
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
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ISBN:0231156855
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9780231504683
DOI: 10.7312/bend15684