Interpreting Religion - Making Sense of Religious Lives

"This edited collection harnesses a diversity of interpretivist perspectives to provide a panoramic view of the production, experiences, contexts, and meanings of religion. Scholars from the US, South Asia and Europe explore religious phenomena using ethnographic, comparative historical, psychosocial, and critical theoretical approaches. Each chapter addresses foundational themes in the study of religion - from identity, discourse and power to ritual, emotion, and embodiment. Authors examine dynamic intersections of race, gender, history, and the present within the religious traditions of Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism, as well as among the non-religious. Cutting boldly across religious traditions and paradigms, the book investigates areas of harmony and contradiction across different interpretive lenses to achieve a richer understanding of the meanings of religion."--Provided by publisher.

About the author

Erin F. Johnston is Senior Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at Duke University.

Vikash Singh is Associate Professor of Sociology at Montclair State University.

Product details

• Assisted by: Erin F. Johnston (Editor), Vikash Singh (Editor)
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2023
• EAN: 9781529211627
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-1162-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 157 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 478 g
• Series: Interpretive Lenses in Sociology
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories