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Representing religion : essays in history, theory and crisis / Tim Murphy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion in culturePublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 211 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781315711232
  • 1315711230
  • 1845530918
  • 9781845530914
  • 1317491335
  • 9781317491330
  • 1845537505
  • 9781845537500
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 210 M978
  • 210 M978
LOC classification:
  • BL51 .M87 2014
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
pt. 1. Phenomenology, consciousness, essence : critical surveys of the history of the study of religion -- pt. 2. Towards a Nietzschean semiotics of religion.
Summary: If religion is continually in a state of flux how can the study of religion critically examine contemporary religious beliefs and values? 'Representing Religion' critically examines this ""crisis of representation"". The volume traces the history of religious studies, critiquing the concept that ""experience"" is central to understanding religion. The views of influential semioticians and philosophers - notably Nietzsche, Saussure, Foucault, Barthes, and Bakhtin - are used to construct a new methodology for the critical study of religion. Representing Religion will be of interest to studen
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)924287

Originally published 2007 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and indexes.

pt. 1. Phenomenology, consciousness, essence : critical surveys of the history of the study of religion -- pt. 2. Towards a Nietzschean semiotics of religion.

If religion is continually in a state of flux how can the study of religion critically examine contemporary religious beliefs and values? 'Representing Religion' critically examines this ""crisis of representation"". The volume traces the history of religious studies, critiquing the concept that ""experience"" is central to understanding religion. The views of influential semioticians and philosophers - notably Nietzsche, Saussure, Foucault, Barthes, and Bakhtin - are used to construct a new methodology for the critical study of religion. Representing Religion will be of interest to studen

English.