Methods for the Study of Religious Change by Andrew Droogers

Methods for the Study of Religious Change by Andrew Droogers

The world of religious experience is changing much faster than the discipline which claims to study it. Religious studies still uses Christianity as its measure, still frames the world through the model of five world religions, still largely avoids analysis of key issues around power, poverty, violence, pollution, science, and social conflict, and still looks to highlight differences rather than commonalities. Methods for the Study of Religious Change aims to redefine the study of religion as the study of worldviews, of ideas which are active in shaping the world. It argues that the study of religion should focus on people's worldview-making capacities and should contribute to the critical analysis of global problems and the promotion of cultural and spiritual respect across religions. Survey chapters on theory and method outline this new approach while case-study chapters illustrate these ideas with innovative ethnographies of ritual, experience, language, morals and identity.

'This is a highly imaginative contribution to the study of worldviews' Grace Davie, University of Exeter

Andre Droogers is Emeritus Professor of the Cultural Anthropology of Religion at VU University, Amsterdam. He is author of Play and Power in Religion: Collected Essays and co-editor of Studying Global Pentecostalism: Theories and Methods. Anton van Harskamp is Emeritus Professor of Religion, Identity and Civil Society at VU University, Amsterdam, and co-editor of Playful Religion: Challenges for the Study of Religion.

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ISBN 13	9781781790434
ISBN 10	1781790434
Title	Methods for the Study of Religious Change
Author	Andrew Droogers
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Equinox Publishing Ltd
Year published	2014-07-31
Number of pages	224
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