Studying Religion—Diverse Perspectives
Issue: Vol 18 No. 2 (2015)
Journal: Implicit Religion
Subject Areas: Religious Studies
Abstract:
This review article focuses on three volumes that represent varying academic disciplines, and thus different perspectives. Each is fairly representatives of fresh ways of thinking and engaging in what is understood to be the current resurgence of religion and religiosity. Nonetheless, the tenor of the works reviewed varies considerably from conventional theorizing to critical analysis, poetic form, and theological reflection.
Author: Stephen Hunt
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An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives by Inger Furseth and Pål Restad. Ashgate: Aldershot, 2006. pp. 241.HC ISBN 0-7546-5653-5; PB, ISBN 0-7546-5658-6.
Religion Today: A Critical Thinking Approach to Religious Studies by Ross Aden. Rowman & Littlefield: New York, Toronto & Plymouth (UK), 2013. Pp. 444. HC ISBM 978-0-7425-6371-1; PB: ISBM 978-1-4422-1961-8; Electronic: IBSM 978-1-4422.
Enchanting: Beyond Disenchantment by Stephen David Ross. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2012. Pp. 478. HC, ISBM 978-1-4384-4509-0 PB, ISBM 978-4384-4509-0; Electronic: IBSM 978-1-4422