K. Frankenberry (ed.)

Radical Interpretation in Religion

Herausgeber: Frankenberry, Nancy K.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ten distinguished scholars offer radical interpretations of religious belief and language in this landmark volume.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780521017053
• ISBN-10: 052101705X
• Artikelnr.: 21872180

Autorenporträt

NANCY K. FRANKENBERRY is John Phillips Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Pragmatics: 1. Introduction to Part I
2. Saving belief: on the new materialism in religious studies Terry F. Godlove Jr
3. Radical interpretation and pragmatism: Davidson, Rorty, and Brandom on truth Jeffrey Stout
4. Cultural politics and the question of the existence of God Richard Rorty
5. Religion and naturalism Wayne L. Proudfoot
Part II. Culture and Cognition: 6. Introduction to Part II
7. 'The Chinese believe in spirits': belief and believing in the study of religion Catherine M. Bell
8. On interpreting the world religiously E. Thomas Lawson
9. Are religious beliefs counter-intuitive? Maurice Bloch
Part III. Semantics: 10. Introduction to Part III
11. You don't read a myth for information Hans H. Penner
12. Religion as a mobile army of metaphors: a Davidsonian critique Nancy F. Frankenberry
13. Manna, Mana everywhere and /_/_/_......Jonathan Z. Smith.