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Charts the development of progressive Christianity's engagement
with modern science, historical criticism, and liberal humanism
Christians who have doubts about the existence of God? Who do not
believe in the divinity of Jesus? Who reject the accuracy of the
Bible? The New Heretics explores the development of progressive
Christianity, a movement of Christians who do not reject their
identity as Christians, but who believe Christianity must be
updated for today's times and take into consideration modern
science, historical criticism, and liberal humanism. Drawing on
three years of ethnographic fieldwork in North America, Rebekka
King focuses on testimonies of deconversion, collective reading
practices, and the ways in which religious beliefs and practices
are adapted to fit secular lives. King introduces the concept of
"lived secularity" as a category with which to examine the ways in
which religiosity often is entangled with and subsumed by secular
identities over and against religious ones. This theoretical
framework provides insight into the study of religious and cultural
hybridity, new emerging groups such as "the nones," atheism,
religious apostasy, and multi-religious identities. The New
Heretics pays close attention to the ways that progressive
Christians understand themselves vis-a-vis a conservative or
fundamentalist Christian "other," providing context concerning the
presumed divide between the religious right and the religious left.
King shows that while it might be tempting to think of progressive
Christians as atheists, there are religious and moral dimensions to
their disbelief. For progressive Christians the act of questioning
and rejecting God-alongside other theological tenets-is framed as a
moral activity. Ultimately, the book showcases the importance of
engaging with the ethics of belief in understanding contemporary
Christianity.
Key Categories in the Study of Religion builds upon the groundwork
laid by previous NAASR Working Papers titles in order to bring us
full circle to the symbiotic relationship between context and
critique. This volume assembles diverse sets of data to consider
pertinent categories in which critique occurs. By looking at
intentionally disparate case studies, the volume centers on four
key contextual categories which stand at the heart of the academic
study of religion: Citizenship and Politics, Class and Economy,
Gender and Sexuality, and Race and Ethnicity. The contributors to
this volume explore questions concerning how scholars construct
such categories and/or critique scholars who do? Who decides how to
approach the critical study of these topics? What impact does the
context of a scholar's research have on the means and method of a
given critique? Using these enquiries as a starting point, Key
Categories in the Study of Religion investigates the ways that
method, theory, and data are mobilized via context as the primary
impetus for critical analysis. Each section begins with an
orienting essay that explores its category. These introductory
chapters include: i) an analysis of the construction of categories
in academic literature; ii) an argument either advocating or
critiquing scholarship carried out in that vein; and iii) an
exploration of its implications for the study of religion. Each
chapter is followed by four responses authored by scholars
intentionally selected to highlight diverse contexts: subjects,
fields, and methods. They extend the orienting essay's conclusions
by offering novel analysis vis-a-vis their own scholarly expertise
and subject matter. These chapters underscore instances of both
congruence and difference to further refine our understanding of
possible forms of critique relevant to each category.
Charts the development of progressive Christianity's engagement
with modern science, historical criticism, and liberal humanism
Christians who have doubts about the existence of God? Who do not
believe in the divinity of Jesus? Who reject the accuracy of the
Bible? The New Heretics explores the development of progressive
Christianity, a movement of Christians who do not reject their
identity as Christians, but who believe Christianity must be
updated for today's times and take into consideration modern
science, historical criticism, and liberal humanism. Drawing on
three years of ethnographic fieldwork in North America, Rebekka
King focuses on testimonies of deconversion, collective reading
practices, and the ways in which religious beliefs and practices
are adapted to fit secular lives. King introduces the concept of
"lived secularity" as a category with which to examine the ways in
which religiosity often is entangled with and subsumed by secular
identities over and against religious ones. This theoretical
framework provides insight into the study of religious and cultural
hybridity, new emerging groups such as "the nones," atheism,
religious apostasy, and multi-religious identities. The New
Heretics pays close attention to the ways that progressive
Christians understand themselves vis-a-vis a conservative or
fundamentalist Christian "other," providing context concerning the
presumed divide between the religious right and the religious left.
King shows that while it might be tempting to think of progressive
Christians as atheists, there are religious and moral dimensions to
their disbelief. For progressive Christians the act of questioning
and rejecting God-alongside other theological tenets-is framed as a
moral activity. Ultimately, the book showcases the importance of
engaging with the ethics of belief in understanding contemporary
Christianity.
This is the first full-length exploration of the relationship
between religion, film, and ideology. It shows how religion is
imagined, constructed, and interpreted in film and film criticism.
The films analyzed include The Last Jedi, Terminator, Cloud Atlas,
Darjeeling Limited, Hellboy, The Revenant, Religulous, and The
Secret of my Success. Each chapter offers: - an explanation of the
particular representation of religion that appears in film - a
discussion of how this representation has been interpreted in film
criticism and religious studies scholarship - an in-depth study of
a Hollywood or popular film to highlight the rhetorical, social,
and political functions this representation accomplishes on the
silver screen - a discussion about how such analysis might be
applied to other films of a similar genre Written in an accessible
style, and focusing on Hollywood and popular cinema, this book will
be of interest to both movie lovers and experts alike.
Key Categories in the Study of Religion builds upon the groundwork
laid by previous NAASR Working Papers titles in order to bring us
full circle to the symbiotic relationship between context and
critique. This volume assembles diverse sets of data to consider
pertinent categories in which critique occurs. By looking at
intentionally disparate case studies, the volume centers on four
key contextual categories which stand at the heart of the academic
study of religion: Citizenship and Politics, Class and Economy,
Gender and Sexuality, and Race and Ethnicity. The contributors to
this volume explore questions concerning how scholars construct
such categories and/or critique scholars who do? Who decides how to
approach the critical study of these topics? What impact does the
context of a scholar's research have on the means and method of a
given critique? Using these enquiries as a starting point, Key
Categories in the Study of Religion investigates the ways that
method, theory, and data are mobilized via context as the primary
impetus for critical analysis. Each section begins with an
orienting essay that explores its category. These introductory
chapters include: i) an analysis of the construction of categories
in academic literature; ii) an argument either advocating or
critiquing scholarship carried out in that vein; and iii) an
exploration of its implications for the study of religion. Each
chapter is followed by four responses authored by scholars
intentionally selected to highlight diverse contexts: subjects,
fields, and methods. They extend the orienting essay's conclusions
by offering novel analysis vis-a-vis their own scholarly expertise
and subject matter. These chapters underscore instances of both
congruence and difference to further refine our understanding of
possible forms of critique relevant to each category.
This is the first full-length exploration of the relationship
between religion, film, and ideology. It shows how religion is
imagined, constructed, and interpreted in film and film criticism.
The films analyzed include The Last Jedi, Terminator, Cloud Atlas,
Darjeeling Limited, Hellboy, The Revenant, Religulous, and The
Secret of my Success. Each chapter offers: - an explanation of the
particular representation of religion that appears in film - a
discussion of how this representation has been interpreted in film
criticism and religious studies scholarship - an in-depth study of
a Hollywood or popular film to highlight the rhetorical, social,
and political functions this representation accomplishes on the
silver screen - a discussion about how such analysis might be
applied to other films of a similar genre Written in an accessible
style, and focusing on Hollywood and popular cinema, this book will
be of interest to both movie lovers and experts alike.
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