Historicizing "Tradition" in the Study of Religion (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)

This collection of essays analyzes a >traditiona (TM) as a category in the historical and comparative study of religion. The book questions the common assumption that tradition is simply the a oepassing downa or imitation of prior practices and discourses. It begins from the premise that many traditions are, at least in part, social fabrications, often deliberately serving particular ideological ends. Individual chapters examine a wide variety of historical periods and religions (Congolese, Buddhist, Christian, Confucian, Cree, Esoteric, Hawaiian, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, New Religious Movement, and Shinto). Different sections of the book consider tradition's relation to three sets of issues: legitimation and authority; agency and identity; modernity and the West.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Religion and Society
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Steven Engler • Gregory Price Grieve
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	401
Edition:	Reprint 2011
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-018875-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General
LSN:	3-11-018875-9
Barcode:	9783110188752

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