Figuring Religions: Comparing Ideas, Images, and Activities

Pathak, Shubha (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1438445385 / ISBN 13: 9781438445380

Verlag: State Univ of New York Pr, 2014

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288 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers zk1438445385

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Titel: Figuring Religions: Comparing Ideas, Images,...

Verlag: State Univ of New York Pr

Erscheinungsdatum: 2014

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Brand New

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Offers new ways of comparing features of the world’s religions.

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.