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Methods for the Study of Religious Change - From Religious Studies to Worldview Studies (Hardcover, New)
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Methods for the Study of Religious Change - From Religious Studies to Worldview Studies (Hardcover, New)
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"This is a highly imaginiative contribution to the study of
worldviews." - Grace Davie, University of Exeter The world of
religious experience is changing much faster than the discipline
which claims to study it. Religious studies still uses Christianity
as its measure, still frames the world through the model of five
world religions, still largely avoids analysis of key issues around
power, poverty, violence, pollution, science, and social conflict,
and still looks to highlight differences rather than commonalities.
Methods for the Study of Religious Change aims to redefine the
study of religion as the study of worldviews, of ideas which are
active in shaping the world. It argues that the study of religion
should focus on people's worldview-making capacities and should
contribute to the critical analysis of global problems and the
promotion of cultural and spiritual respect across religions.
Survey chapters on theory and method outline this new approach
while case-study chapters illustrate these ideas with innovative
ethnographies of ritual, experience, language, morals and
identity.The world of religious experience is changing much faster
than the discipline which claims to study it. Religious studies
still uses Christianity as its measure, still frames the world
through the model of five world religions, still largely avoids
analysis of key issues around power, poverty, violence, pollution,
science, and social conflict, and still looks to highlight
differences rather than commonalities. Methods for the Study of
Religious Change aims to redefine the study of religion as the
study of worldviews, of ideas which are active in shaping the
world. It argues that the study of religion should focus on
people's worldview-making capacities and should contribute to the
critical analysis of global problems and the promotion of cultural
and spiritual respect across religions. Survey chapters on theory
and method outline this new approach while case-study chapters
illustrate these ideas with innovative ethnographies of ritual,
experience, language, morals and identity.
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