On the Margins of Religion (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

Focusing on places, objects, bodies, narratives, and ritual spaces where religion may be found or inscribed, the authors reveal the role of religion in contesting rights to places, to knowledge and to property, as well as access to resources. Through analyses of specific historical processes in terms of responses to socio-economic and political change, the chapters consider implicitly or explicitly the problematic relation between science (including social sciences and anthropology in particular) and religion, and how this connects to the new religious globalization of the twenty-first century. Their ethnographies highlight the embodiment of religion and its location in landscapes, built spaces and religious sites which may be contested, physically or ideologically, or encased in memory and often in silence. Taken together, they show the importance of religion as a resource to the believers: a source of solace, spiritual comfort, and self-willed submission.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2008
Editors:	Frances Pine • Joao De Pina-Cabral
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-84545-409-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84545-409-X
Barcode:	9781845454098

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