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In this handy volume, two professors of religious studies provide
the student of religious studies - whether the motivated
undergraduate, graduate student, or professor - with a brief review
of theorists' work from the perspective of religious studies. For
example, in 5-10 pages, the reader will get a review of Emmanuel
Levinas's work as it offers insights for scholars in religious
studies, followed by a selected bibliography. In short, this is a
guide for students of religious studies that will take major
theoretical writers in the humanities and social sciences and
explain their relevance to the study of religion.
The Book of Hiding offers a fluent and erudite analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender, ethnicity and social ambiguity. Beal focuses particularly on the traditionally marginalised book of Esther, in order to examine closely the categories of self and other in relation to religion, sexism, nationalism, and the ever-looming legacies and future possibilities of annihilation. Beal applies the critical tools of contemporary theorists, such as Cixous, Irigaray and Levinas, challenging widely held assumptions about the moral and life-affirming message of Scripture and even about the presence of God in the book of Esther. The Book of Hiding draws together a variety of different perspectives and disciplines, creating a unique space for dialogue raising new questions and reconsidering old assumptions, which is profoundly interesting and well-articulated.
Routledge proudly announces "theory4," a new series that presents
concise overviews of the major theorists, written with a particular
discipline in mind. Theory is now part of every discipline's set of
tools; these volumes are tailored to the needs of students and
scholars in a given field. Focusing on the great theoretical
figures since the end of the nineteenth century, each volume will
contain twenty to thirty entries. Each entry will give the reader a
brief description of that thinker's ideas and crucial innovations
in light of a specific discipline, along with a highly selected
list of recommended primary and secondary readings.
The inaugural volume, "Theory for Religious Studies, "will be
followed by volumes in history, art, film, music, and other
disciplines.
"Theory for Religious Studies" presents the key theoretical
influences on religious studies since the 1960s - an essential
guide to the figures and ideas animating religious studies today.
Drawing on their complementary knowledge of Eastern and Western
religious traditions, William Deal and Timothy Beal begin with four
foundational figures - Marx, Nietzsche, Saussure, and Freud - and
go on to provide guided introductions to Althusser, Bakhtin,
Barthes, Bataille, Baudrillard, Benjamin, Bourdieu, Butler, Cixous,
Deleuze and Guattari, Derrida, Foucault, Gadamer, Irigaray,
Kristeva, Lacan, Lefebvre, Levinas, Lyotard, Merleau-Ponty, Said,
Spivak, White, Williams, and Zizek. Brisk, thoughtful, and
engaging, this will be an essential first volume for anyone at work
in religious studies today.
The Book of Hiding offers a fluent and erudite analysis of the
parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender,
ethnicity and social ambiguity. Beal focuses particularly on the
traditionally marginalised book of Esther, in order to examine
closely the categories of self and other in relation to religion,
sexism, nationalism, and the ever-looming legacies and future
possibilities of annihilation. Beal applies the critical tools of
contemporary theorists, such as Cixous, Irigaray and Levinas,
challenging widely held assumptions about the moral and
life-affirming message of Scripture and even about the presence of
God in the book of Esther. The Book of Hiding draws together a
variety of different perspectives and disciplines, creating a
unique space for dialogue raising new questions and reconsidering
old assumptions, which is profoundly interesting and
well-articulated.
The Bible is often said to be one of the foundation texts of
Western culture. The present volume shows that it goes far beyond
being a religious text. The essays explore how religious, political
and cultural identities, including ethnicity and gender, are
embodied in biblical discourse. Following the authors, we read the
Bible with new eyes: as a critic of gender, ideology, politics and
culture. We ask ourselves new questions: about God's body, about
women's role, about racial prejudices and about the politics of the
written word.
Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies crosses boundaries. It questions our
most fundamental assumptions about the Bible. It shows how biblical
studies can benefit from the mainstream of Western intellectual
discourse, throwing up entirely new questions and offering
surprising answers. Accessible, engaging and moving easily between
theory and the reading of specific texts, this volume is an
exciting contribution to contemporary biblical and cultural
studies.
"The Passion of the Christ" was an extraordinary media event. But
the film has also, and more importantly, been a religious
phenomenon. Mel Gibson's professed intent was to create not just a
cinematic experience but a spiritual one. And he has succeeded for
many moviegoers, most notably evangelical Christians, of whom
millions have embraced the film as a presentation of Holy
Scripture, a twenty-first century incarnation of the Word.
In this volume, biblical scholars Timothy K. Beal and Tod
Linafelt--along with an esteemed group of contributors--offer a
provocative range of views on "The Passion of the Christ," Their
book is organized in three parts. The first analyzes the film in
terms of its religious foundations, including the Gospels and
nonbiblical religious texts: What are the film's literary sources
and how does it use them? In what ways does the medium of film
require a radically different way of representing gospel narrative?
The second group of essays focuses on the ethical and theological
implications of the film's presentation of the Christian gospel:
What do we make of its representations of female sexuality? What
are the implications of focusing on the Passion in terms of
atonement rather than social justice? Finally, the third section
explores the film as a pop cultural phenomenon: How has the film
worked to create a sense of insider status for some and alienated
so many others? What can we learn about the religious dimensions of
contemporary mass culture from the film's reception?
Whether one is inspired or appalled by "The Passion of the Christ,"
there can be no question that it is a defining moment in the
cultural afterlife of the Bible. This volume tries tomake sense of
that moment and will prove to be a touchstone for adherents and
detractors of the film alike.
The Bible is often said to be one of the foundation texts of
Western culture. The present volume shows that it goes far beyond
being a religious text. The essays explore how religious, political
and cultural identities, including ethnicity and gender, are
embodied in biblical discourse. Following the authors, we read the
Bible with new eyes: as a critic of gender, ideology, politics and
culture. We ask ourselves new questions: about God's body, about
women's role, about racial prejudices and about the politics of the
written word.
Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies crosses boundaries. It questions our
most fundamental assumptions about the Bible. It shows how biblical
studies can benefit from the mainstream of Western intellectual
discourse, throwing up entirely new questions and offering
surprising answers. Accessible, engaging and moving easily between
theory and the reading of specific texts, this volume is an
exciting contribution to contemporary biblical and cultural
studies.
This volume engages the work of Walter Brueggemann, most of which
has been published by Fortress Press. The volume centers on the
character of God in the text of the Old Testament as a site of
theological tension and even ambivalence. Biblical faith never
experiences God as entirely above the fray but rather as entangled
in history, astonishingly transformative, and impinged upon by the
voices of the suffering. Brueggemann's monumental Theology of the
Old Testament addresses this fact with great theological insight
and rigor, and the internationally renowned biblical scholars
writing here engage and extend his insights into the "unsettled
Character . . . at the center of the text."
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