Steven (Hrsg.) Engler

Historicizing Tradition in the Study of Religion

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This collection of essays analyzes ¿tradition' as a category in the historical and comparative study of religion. The book questions the common assumption that tradition is simply the passing down 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 tradit… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Grieve, Gregory Price (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-11-018875-2
EAN: 9783110188752
Produktnummer: 1887837
Verlag: De Gruyter
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 404 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.6 cm 753 g
Auflage: Reprint 2011
Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 753

Über den Autor

Steven Engler is an Instructor in the Humanities Department at Mount Royal College, Calgary, Canada and a Visiting Professor (2005-2006) in the Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Ciências da Religião, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil. Gregory Price Grieve is an assistant professor in the Religious Studies Department of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, U.S.A., where he is a specialist in South Asian and Himalayan religions.