Umfang:
Online-Ressource (297 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780231156851
Serie:
Religion, Culture and Public Life
Inhalt:
Over the past decade, religious, secular, and spiritual distinctions have broken down, forcing scholars to rethink secularity and its relationship to society. Since classifying a person, activity, or experience as religious or otherwise is an important act of valuation, one that defines the characteristics of a group and its relation to others, scholars are struggling to recast such concepts in an increasingly ambiguous, pluralistic world. This collection considers religious and secular categories and what they mean to those who seek valuable, ethical lives. As they investigate how
Inhalt:
Over the past decade, religious, secular, and spiritual distinctions have broken down, forcing scholars to rethink secularity and its relationship to society. Since classifying a person, activity, or experience as religious or otherwise is an important act of valuation, one that defines the characteristics of a group and its relation to others, scholars are struggling to recast such concepts in an increasingly ambiguous, pluralistic world.This collection considers religious and secular categories and what they mean to those who seek valuable, ethical lives. As they investigate how individuals
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; INTRODUCTION: Things of Value; From a Materialist Ethic to the Spirit of Prehistory; Conquering Religious Contagions and Crowds; Religious and Secular "Spiritual" and "Physical" in Ghana; Volunteer Experience; Secular Humanitarianism and the Value of Life; Homeschooling the Enchanted Child; Mind Matters; Tribalism, Experience, and Remixology in Global Psytrance Culture; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780231504683
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe What Matters? : Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1515/9780231504683
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