[PDF.61ns] The Sacred Is the Profane: The Political Nature of "Religion"

The Sacred Is the Profane: The Political Nature of "Religion"

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 | #945786 in Books |  2012-11-29 |  2012-11-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.10 x.80 x9.20l,.85 | File type: PDF | 264 pages

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||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Clarity for the crux (universal?) definitions of "religion"|By Dennis|This book is a godsend (irony intended)for all of us academic or not who wrestle with the chaos of parlance for discussing the relationship between "religion" and politics. Somehow the authors manage to juggle the disparate vocabularies and categories from both "lay" (popular) discussions and scholarly ones f| ||"This hard-hitting collection overturns common ideas about religion. Arnal and McCutcheon argue that 'religion' has no independent existence but is rather the unstable creation of political and economic forces. These two prominent critical theorists call for

The Sacred Is the Profane collects nine essays written over several years by William Arnal and Russell T. McCutcheon that share a convergent perspective: not simply that both the category and concept "religion" is a construct, something that we cannot assume to be "natural" or universal, but also that the ability to think and act "religiously" is, quite specifically, a modern, political category in its origins and effects, the mere by-product of the modern state...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Sacred Is the Profane: The Political Nature of "Religion"   |  William Arnal, Russell T. McCutcheon.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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