A century that began with modernism sweeping across Europe is
ending with a remarkable resurgence of religious beliefs and
practices throughout the world. Wherever one looks today, from
headlines about political turmoil in the Middle East to pop music
and videos, one cannot escape the pivotal role of religious beliefs
and practices in shaping selves, societies, and cultures.
Following in the very successful tradition of "Critical Terms for
Literary Studies" and "Critical Terms for Art History," this book
attempts to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which
this bewildering religious diversity can be accurately described
and responsibly discussed. Leading scholars working in a variety of
traditions demonstrate through their incisive discussions that even
our most basic terms for understanding religion are not neutral but
carry specific historical and conceptual freight.
These essays adopt the approach that has won this book's
predecessors such widespread acclaim: each provides a concise
history of a critical term, explores the issues raised by the term,
and puts the term to use in an analysis of a religious work,
practice, or event. Moving across Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism,
Buddhism, Islam, and Native American and Mayan religions,
contributors explore terms ranging from experience, territory, and
image, to God, sacrifice, and transgression.
The result is an essential reference that will reshape the field of
religious studies and transform the way in which religion is
understood by scholars from all disciplines, including
anthropology, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, gender
studies, and literary studies.
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