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Myth is not a remote subject, restricted to the limited intellect
of "pre-logical" man. The question "What is man?" is an ancient
one. It is also a recent one, still unanswered in the impasse of
our sciences. Wherever and whenever human beings are alive, there
are creators of myth among them. Kees Bolle singles out one group
as having the most significant "say" in the formation of myths: the
mystics, who epitomize the common urge for a simplicity beyond the
whirlpool of personal existences. And, surprisingly, the author
finds that the study of humor provides a great deal of insight into
the study of religious traditions.
Religion and Global Culture draws together the work of a group of
historians of religion who are concerned with situating the
contemporary study of religion within the cultural complexity of
the modern world. The writing of each of the volume's contributors
relates to the work of leading historian of religion Charles H.
Long, who has identified religious meanings in the contacts and
exchanges of the colonial and postcolonial periods. Together with
Long, these scholars explore religious practices in a variety of
globalized contexts; chapters consider such varied subjects as the
rituals of African immigrant communities in the United States, the
making of Mohawk sweet grass and black ash baskets, the religious
experience of prisoners in the Nazi holding camp of Westerbork, and
the regional repercussions of contemporary multi-national business.
By locating religion in the conflicted and cooperative
relationships of the colonial and postcolonial periods, Religion
and Global Culture calls on scholars of religion to reconfigure
their interpretive stances from the perspective of the material
structures of the modern, globalized world.
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