Stereotyping Religion (eBook, PDF)

Critiquing Clichés
Redaktion: Stoddard, Brad; Martin, Craig

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Our culture is full of popular stereotypes about religion, both positive and negative. Many people uncritically assume that religion is intrinsically violent, or that religion makes people moral, or that it is simply "bullshit". This concise volume tackles 10 of these stereotypes, addresses why scholars of religion find them to be cliched, describes their origins, and explains the social or political work they rhetorically accomplish in the present.

Cliches addressed include the following:

- Religions are belief systems
- I'm spiritual but not religious
- Religion concerns the transcendent
- Learning about religions leads to tolerance and understanding
- Religion is a private matter.

Written in an easy and accessible style, Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Cliches will be of interest to all readers looking to clear away unsophisticated assumptions in preparation for more critical studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474292214
• Artikelnr.: 49995643

Autorenporträt

Brad Stoddard is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at McDaniel College, USA. Craig Martin is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at St Thomas Aquinas College, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Religions are Belief Systems
Sean McCloud (University of North Carolina
USA) 2. Religions are Intrinsically Violent
Matt Sheedy (University of Manitoba
Canada) 3. Religion Makes People Moral
Jennifer Eyl (Tufts University
USA) 4. Religion Concerns the Transcendent
Leslie Dorrough Smith (Avila University
USA) 5. Religion is a Private Matter
Robyn Faith Walsh (University of Miami
USA) 6. Religions are Mutually Exclusive
Steven W. Ramey (The University of Alabama
USA) 7. I'm Spiritual but Not Religious
Andie Alexander (Emory University
USA) and Russell T. McCutcheon (University of Alabama
USA) 8. Learning about Religion Leads to Tolerance
Tenzan Eaghll (University of Toronto
Canada) 9. Everyone has a Faith
James Dennis LoRusso (Princeton University
USA) 10. Religion is Bullshit
Rebekka King (Middle Tennessee State University
USA) Bibliography Index