Religion in 50 Words: A Critical Vocabulary

Religion in 50 Words: A Critical Vocabulary

Aaron W. Hughes, Russell T. McCutcheon
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Publication Date: September 16th, 2021
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN:
9780367690472
Pages:
320

Description

Religion in 50 Words: A Critical Vocabulary is the first of a two-volume work that seeks to transform the study of religion by offering a radically critical perspective. It does so by providing a succinct and critical examination of the key words used in the modern study of religion. Arranged alphabetically, the book explores the historic roots, varied uses, and current significance and utility of the technical terms used within the current field of religious studies. These are the terms that both students and scholars routinely deploy to think about, describe, and analyze data-sometimes without realizing that they are themselves technical tools in need of attention.

Among the topics covered:

  • Belief
  • Critical
  • Culture
  • Definition
  • Environment
  • Gender
  • Ideology
  • Lived religion
  • Material religion
  • Orthodoxy
  • Politics
  • Race
  • Sacred/profane
  • Secular
  • Theory

This book submits all of its terms to a critical interrogation and subsequent re-description, thereby allowing a collective reframing of the field. This volume is an indispensable resource for students and academics working in religious studies.

About the Author

Aaron W. Hughes is the Philip S. Bernstein Professor in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester, USA. Russell T. McCutcheon is University Research Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, USA.