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The Bloomsbury reader in cultural approaches to the study of religion / edited by Sarah J. Bloesch and Meredith Minister.

Contributor(s): Bloesch, Sarah J [editor.] | Minister, Meredith, 1983- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: xiii, 248 pages ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781350039797; 1350039799; 9781350039803; 1350039802Other title: Reader in cultural approaches to the study of religion | Cultural approaches to the study of religionSubject(s): Religion -- Methodology | Religion and cultureDDC classification: 200.7 LOC classification: BL41 | .B56 2018Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The bounds of hierarchy: Mary Douglas -- Feminist textual critique: Phyllis Trible -- Myth and the religious imaginary: Wendy Doniger -- Ritual and belief: Catherine Bell -- Womanist religious interpretation: Alice Walker -- Signifying religion in the modern world: Charles H. Long -- Gender and materiality: Caroline Walker Bynum -- Mestiza language of religion: Gloria Anzaldúa -- Performative, queer theories for religion: Judith Butler -- Disrupting secular power and the study of religion: Saba Mahmood.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Comparative approaches. 1. The bounds of hierarchy: Mary Douglas -- 2. Feminist textual critique: Phyllis Trible -- 3. Myth and the religious imaginary: Wendy Doniger -- 4. Ritual and belief: Catherine Bell -- Part II: Examining particularities. 5. Womanist religious interpretation: Alice Walker -- 6. Signifying religion in the modern world: Charles H. Long -- 7. Gender and materiality: Caroline Walker Bynum -- Part III: Expanding boundaries. 8. Mestiza language of religion: Gloria Anzaldúa -- 9. Performative, queer theories for religion: Judith Butler -- 10. Disrupting secular power and the study of religion: Saba Mahmood.

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