Publication

2019 - Equinox Publishing Limited

Language

English

Word Count

108,500 words, Guess

Page Count

434 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781781793442
  • ISBN-101781793441
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018049704
  • OCLC Control Number1096234523
  • Better World Books9781781793442
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCBL41.I455 2019
  • LCCBL41 .I455 2019

Description

The distinction between insiders and outsiders in religious studies has become an area of fruitful discussion in recent years. This anthology aims to extend that discussion by gathering newly commissioned essays from a diverse range of scholars, spanning a variety of disciplines and approaches, including ethnography, anthropology, theology and education. The result is a book that is at once accessible and readable, while remaining scholarly. The Insider/Outsider Debate has implications for numerous methodological issues in the study of religion, such as the emic/etic distinction, the distinction between religion and spirituality, the notions of believing without belonging , the claim to be spiritual but not religious and the existence of multiple, complicated, contesting religious identities. A particular focus of the volume is providing critiques of these methodological issues within the most recent academic approaches to religion particularly models of lived and vernacular religion.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Insider/Outsider Debate: New Perspectives in the Study of ReligionEquinox Publishing Limited2019-01-01

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