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 eBooks UK
• 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