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Radical interpretation in religion / edited by Nancy K. Frankenberry.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 231 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511042663
  • 9780511042669
  • 0511030568
  • 9780511030567
  • 9780511613906
  • 0511613903
  • 9780521816861
  • 0521816866
  • 9780511045899
  • 0511045891
  • 0511148666
  • 9780511148668
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Radical interpretation in religion.DDC classification:
  • 200/.7 22
LOC classification:
  • BL21 .R33 2002eb
Other classification:
  • 11.01
Online resources:
Contents:
Saving belief: on the new materialism in religious studies / Terry F. Godlove, Jr.-- Radical interpretation and pragmatism: Davidson, Rorty, and Brandom on truth / Jeffrey Stout -- Cultural politics and the question of the existence of God / Richard Rorty -- Religious belief and naturalism / Wayne L. Proudfoot -- "The Chinese believe in spirits": belief and believing in the study of religion / Catherine M. Bell -- On interpreting the world religiously / E. Thomas Lawson -- Are religious beliefs counter-intuitive? / Maurice Bloch -- You don't read a myth for information / Hans H. Penner -- Religion as a "mobile army of metaphors" / Nancy K. Frankenberry -- Manna, mana everywhere and /// / Jonathan Z. Smith.
Summary: In this landmark interdisciplinary volume, ten distinguished scholars offer radical interpretations of religious belief and language from a variety of perspectives including anthropology of religion, ritual studies, cognitive psychology, semantics, post-analytic philosophy, history of religions, and philosophy of religion.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index.

Saving belief: on the new materialism in religious studies / Terry F. Godlove, Jr.-- Radical interpretation and pragmatism: Davidson, Rorty, and Brandom on truth / Jeffrey Stout -- Cultural politics and the question of the existence of God / Richard Rorty -- Religious belief and naturalism / Wayne L. Proudfoot -- "The Chinese believe in spirits": belief and believing in the study of religion / Catherine M. Bell -- On interpreting the world religiously / E. Thomas Lawson -- Are religious beliefs counter-intuitive? / Maurice Bloch -- You don't read a myth for information / Hans H. Penner -- Religion as a "mobile army of metaphors" / Nancy K. Frankenberry -- Manna, mana everywhere and /// / Jonathan Z. Smith.

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In this landmark interdisciplinary volume, ten distinguished scholars offer radical interpretations of religious belief and language from a variety of perspectives including anthropology of religion, ritual studies, cognitive psychology, semantics, post-analytic philosophy, history of religions, and philosophy of religion.

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