Oxford University Press | The Oxford Handbook Of The Study Of Religion (2016 EN)

Author: Michael Stausberg (Editor), Steven Engler (Editor)
Full Title: The Oxford Handbook Of The Study Of Religion
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1st edition (January 24, 2017)
Year: 2016
ISBN-13: 9780198729587 (978-0-19-872958-7), 9780198729570 (978-0-19-872957-0)
ISBN-10: 0198729588, 019872957X
Pages: 882
Language: English
Genre: Religion: Religious Studies
File type: PDF (True, but nonnative Cover)
Quality: 9/10
Price: £110.00


The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion provides a comprehensive overview of the academic study of religion. Written by an international team of leading scholars, its fifty-one chapters are divided thematically into seven sections. The first section addresses five major conceptual aspects of research on religion. Part two surveys eleven main frameworks of analysis, interpretation, and explanation of religion. Reflecting recent turns in the humanities and social sciences, part three considers eight forms of the expression of religion. Part four provides a discussion of the ways societies and religions, or religious organizations, are shaped by different forms of allocation of resources. Other chapters in this section consider law, the media, nature, medicine, politics, science, sports, and tourism. Part five reviews important developments, distinctions, and arguments for each of the selected topics. The study of religion addresses religion as a historical phenomenon and part six looks at seven historical processes. Religion is studied in various ways by many disciplines, and this Handbook shows that the study of religion is an academic discipline in its own right. The disciplinary profile of this volume is reflected in part seven, which considers the history of the discipline and its relevance. Each chapter in the Handbook references at least two different religions to provide fresh and innovative perspectives on key issues in the field. This authoritative collection will advance the state of the discipline and is an invaluable reference for students and scholars.


Overview:
✓ Features fifty-one chapters by leading scholars of religion offering a state-of-the-art survey of the discipline
✓ Examines conceptual issues, theoretical approaches, modes, environments, topics, and an overview of the history of the discipline
✓ Each chapter reviews its topic with reference to at least two different religions
✓ Includes chapter summaries, annotated further reading, and end-of-chapter glossaries

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