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Zusatztext ‘This is a thought-provoking book for all who are interested in the study of religion and for all whose concern is with expressions of religion in the UK - and elsewhere - today. Stringer's work is an encouragement to read other titles in this Continuum Advances in Religious Studies series... It is certainly an encouragement to be open-minded and inclusive in our attentiveness to religious behaviour in our society.' Informationen zum Autor Martin D. Stringer is Professor of Liturgical and Congregational Studies at the University of Birmingham , UK. Klappentext Exploration of how religion has been defined, the influences Christian thinking has had on fundamental religious acts and our interpretation of them in Western society. Vorwort Exploration of how religion has been defined, the influences Christian thinking has had on fundamental religious acts and our interpretation of them in Western society. Zusammenfassung Based on the exploration whether the widespread activity of sitting next to a grave and talking to a deceased person is a religious act, this book argues that it is probably much more typical of a fundamental religious act than much of what happens in churches, synagogues or mosques. Inhaltsverzeichnis Forward: Chatting to Gran at her Grave 1. On Defining Religion 2. On Ethnography 3. Of Requiems and Reincarnation 4. Of Graveyards and Kitchens 5. Of Star Signs and Soap Operas 6. On Gender 7. On the Elementary Form of Religious Life Bibliography Index
