Reading Religion in Text and Context

Reflections of Faith and Practice in Religious Materials

By: Peter Collins, Elisabeth Arweck (Editor)

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Hardcover | 21 June 2006

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To what extent is religion inherently textual? What might the term 'textual' mean in relation to religious faith and practice? These are the two key questions addressed by the eleven thought-provoking essays collected in this volume. Accounts of the content and structure of sacred texts are commonplace. The rather more adventurous aim of this book is to disclose (within the context of religion) the various ways in which meaning can be read of more or less obviously sacred writing and from discourses such as the body, the built and natural environment, drama and ritual.

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'Rooted firmly in the conviction that 'reading' religion ought not to be restricted to familiar modes of literary scrutiny, this volume embraces an explicitly inclusive conception of textual analysis in assembling a number of original essays on an intriguing and diverse range of topics. It is, as its editors intend, a coherent collection of empirical articles on an important theoretical theme and should prove to be a valuable scholarly resource for many varieties of the academic study of religion.' Professor Roger O'Toole, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Canada.

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Foreword
Reading Religion in Text and Context: an introduction
Catholicism and freedom: Dignitatis humanae - the text and its reception
The left behind series as sacred text?
Secularization: human rights and sacred texts
Relics and 'Baraka': devotion to the Prophet Muhammad among Sufis in Nottingham, UK
Text and context in Sikkim, India
Making a joyful noise: the multiple forms and functions of music in modern revivalism
Reinventing Melchizedek: interpretations of traditional religious texts in the seminary context
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Textuality and embodiment among charismatic Christians
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Index
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