TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hedges,Paul
TI  - Understanding religion: theories and methods for studying religiously diverse societies 
SN  - 9780520970861
AV  - BL410 .H46 2021
U1  - 200.71 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Oakland, California
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Religious pluralism
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Religions
KW  - Relations
KW  - Religion and sociology
KW  - Études de cas
KW  - Sociologie religieuse
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - fast
N1  - "Fletcher Jones Foundation Humanities Imprint."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-543) and index; Religion : language, law, and legacies -- Method : insider-outsider debates, phenomenology, and reflexivity -- Life : lived religion, syncretism, and hybridity -- History : historical methodology and the invention of tradition -- Power : social constructionism, habitus, and authority -- Identity : social identity theory, in-groups, out-groups, and conflict -- Colonialism : postcolonialism, orientalism, and decolonization -- Brains : the cognitive science of religion and beyond -- Bodies : material religion, embodiment, and materiality -- Gender : feminism, sexuality, and religion -- Comparison : comparative and contrastive methodologies -- Ritual : ritualization, myth, and performance ritual -- Diversity : religious borders, identities, and discourses -- Dialogue : interreligious discourse and critique -- Violence : fundamentalism, extremism, and radicalization -- Secularism : secularization, human rights, and religion -- Geography : place, the lived environment, and environmentalism -- Politics : governance, the colonial wound, and the sacred
N2  - This book introduces students to interdisciplinary theoretical tools for understanding contemporary religiously-diverse societies. Using critical approaches to religion and the politics of scholarship, the book includes coverage of decolonial, feminist, hermeneutical, poststructuralist, phenomenological, and other approaches. It examines many real-life case studies, a method much used in business schools and elsewhere, but rarely found in the study of religion. This approach helps readers understand the practical application of theories. --
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