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Title: MORE THAN BELIEF
A MATERIALIST THEORY OF RELIGION
By: Manuel A. Vasquez
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0195188543
ISBN 13: 9780195188547
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC
Pub. date: 17 November, 2010
Pages: 392
Description: Recently, developments in social theory have begun to transform the study of religion. In this book, Manuel Vasquez maps out the dynamics of this paradigm shift, exploring systematically the epistemological and methodological challenges contemporary social theory poses for traditional approaches to religious studies. Offering a panoramic view of key debates on identity, culture, and society across the social sciences, he assesses the impact of these debates onthe study of religion, offering specific examples of how they are shaping the study of particular religious traditions.
Synopsis: Over the past several decades, postmodernist and postcolonial challenges to traditional theories and methods have revolutionized the social sciences. The discipline of religious studies, however, has been relatively slow to confront these developments, continuing to rely heavily on textual methods and a framework that privileges belief over practice, doctrine over performance, text over context, and inner emotion over public ritual. Recently, however, developments in social theory have begun to transform the study of religion. In this book, Manuel Vasquez maps out the dynamics of this paradigm shift, exploring systematically the epistemological and methodological challenges contemporary social theory poses for traditional approaches to religious studies. Offering a panoramic view of key debates on identity, culture, and society across the social sciences, he assesses the impact of these debates on the study of religion, offering specific examples of how they are shaping the study of particular re
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Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
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