| Figuring Religions: Comparing Ideas, Images, and Activities Contributor(s): Pathak, Shubha (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1438445385 ISBN-13: 9781438445380 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | Psychology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 200 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 314 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Figuring Religions offers new ways of comparing prominent features of the world's religions. Comparison has been at the heart of religious studies as a modern academic discipline, but comparison can be problematic. Scholars of religion have been faulted for ignoring or reinterpreting differences to create a universal paradigm. In reaction, many of today's scholars have placed chief emphasis on the differences between traditions. Seeking to reinvigorate comparison and avoid its excesses, contributors to this volume use theories of metaphor and metonymy from the fields of philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology to look at religious ideas, images, and activities. Traditions considered include Hinduism, ancient Greek religions, Judaism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Christianity, and Islam. By applying trope theories, contributors reveal elements of these religions in and across their cultural contexts. |