Visions of Religion - Experience, Meaning, and Power

Zusatztext Visions of Religion offers a long-overdue call for the integration of approaches to the study of religion that prioritize experience, meaning, or power to make the case that all three are important aspects of religion as social practice. Informationen zum Autor Stephen S. Bush is the Manning Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University. His interests broadly are in theory of religion, philosophy of religion, and religious ethics. He has published essays in Journal of Religion, Journal of Religious Ethics, Soundings, Religious Studies, and Philosophical Review. Klappentext Three understandings of the nature of religion¿religion as experience, symbolic meaning, and power¿have dominated scholarly discussions, in succession, for the past hundred years. Visions of Religion carefully integrates these approaches into a social practical theory of religion. Zusammenfassung Three understandings of the nature of religion--religion as experience, symbolic meaning, and power--have dominated scholarly discussions, in succession, for the past hundred years. Visions of Religion carefully integrates these approaches into a social practical theory of religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Part One Chapter 1: From Experience to Meaning Chapter 2: From Meaning to Power Chapter 3: Three Indispensable Concepts Part Two Chapter 4: Meaning and Power Chapter 5: Experience and Meaning Chapter 6: Experience and Power Chapter 7: Conclusion Bibliography

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• Authors: Stephen S Bush, Stephen S. Bush, Stephen S. (Assistant Professor of Religious Bush, Stephen S. (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Bush, Bush Stephen S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9780199387403
• ISBN: 978-0-19-938740-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion; AAR Reflection and Theory in t
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Self-tuition materials (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Philosophy, Philosophy of religion