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The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion provides a
comprehensive overview of the academic study of religion. Written
by an international team of leading scholars, its fifty-one
chapters are divided thematically into seven sections. The first
section addresses five major conceptual aspects of research on
religion. Part two surveys eleven main frameworks of analysis,
interpretation, and explanation of religion. Reflecting recent
turns in the humanities and social sciences, part three considers
eight forms of the expression of religion. Part four provides a
discussion of the ways societies and religions, or religious
organizations, are shaped by different forms of allocation of
resources. Other chapters in this section consider law, the media,
nature, medicine, politics, science, sports, and tourism. Part five
reviews important developments, distinctions, and arguments for
each of the selected topics. The study of religion addresses
religion as a historical phenomenon and part six looks at seven
historical processes. Religion is studied in various ways by many
disciplines, and this Handbook shows that the study of religion is
an academic discipline in its own right. The disciplinary profile
of this volume is reflected in part seven, which considers the
history of the discipline and its relevance. Each chapter in the
Handbook references at least two different religions to provide
fresh and innovative perspectives on key issues in the field. This
authoritative collection will advance the state of the discipline
and is an invaluable reference for students and scholars.
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