| The Critical Study of Non-Religion: Discourse, Identification and Locality Contributor(s): Cotter, Christopher R. (Author), Schmidt, Bettina E. (Editor), Sutcliffe, Steven (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350095249 ISBN-13: 9781350095243 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Religion | Atheism |
| Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.21 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book acts as a bridge between the critical study of 'religion' and empirical studies of 'religion in the real world'. Chris Cotter presents a concise and up-to-date critical survey of research on non-religion in the UK and beyond, before presenting the results of extensive research in Edinburgh's Southside which blurs the boundary between 'religion' and 'non-religion'. In doing so, Cotter demonstrates that these are dynamic subject positions, and phenomena can occupy both at the same time, or neither, depending on who is doing the positioning, and what issues are at stake. This book details an approach that avoids constructing 'religion' as in some way unique, whilst also fully incorporating 'non-religious' subject positions into religious studies. It provides a rich engagement with a wide variety of theoretical material, rooted in empirical data, which will be essential reading for those interested in critical, sociological and anthropological study of the contemporary non-/religious landscape. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cox, James: - James Cox is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK. |
