Religion''s Power - What Makes It Work

Religion's Power investigates the power dynamics in religious rituals, discourse, institutions, identities, and politics, paying special attention to gender, sexuality, and race.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1 Power in Ritual Practice


• 2 Religion's Discursive Power


• 3 The Institutional Power of Religion


• 4 Religion and Identity Power


• 5 Religion and Political Power


• Conclusion


• Index

About the author

Robert Wuthnow is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Philosophical Society, a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, former president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the recipient of numerous awards for his scholarly work.

Summary

Religion's Power investigates the power dynamics in religious rituals, discourse, institutions, identities, and politics, paying special attention to gender, sexuality, and race.

Additional text

Wuthnow's concepts of ritual, discursive, institutional, identity, and political power each in its own right point in interesting and important directions that may lead to greater understanding of the social significance of religion's power. Wuthnow's perceptive analysis will leave readers eager to further understand and explore religion's power.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Wuthnow, Robert (Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor of Wuthnow, Robert (Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor of Sociology Emeritus Wuthnow
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780197652534
• ISBN: 978-0-19-765253-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Religion & politics, Social and cultural anthropology, Religion and Politics, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships