Worldview Religious Studies

Worldview Religious Studies
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 104
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ISBN-10 : 9781000579598
ISBN-13 : 100057959X
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Book Synopsis Worldview Religious Studies by : Douglas J Davies

Download or read book Worldview Religious Studies written by Douglas J Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worldview Religious Studies brings the study of religion, spirituality, secularism, and other mixed attitudes of life under the overarching scheme of worldview studies. This book introduces and defines worldviews more generally before establishing a framework specific to religious studies. The drive for meaning-making is explored through ritual-symbolic activities, ideas of ‘play’, and the power of emotions to transform simple ideas into values and beliefs that frame identity and signpost destiny. Identity and its sacralisation are discussed alongside gift/reciprocity theory in their relation to ideas of merit, karma, and salvation in Eastern and Western traditions. This theoretical background is used to introduce a new classification of worldviews - natural, scientific, ancestral, karmic, prophetic-sectarian, mystical, and ideological. Organised thematically by chapter, this book brings together familiar and unfamiliar authors, theories, and sources to challenge students and teachers of Religious Studies, Theology, and Ethics. It introduces worldview religious studies as a framework through which to re-think human endeavours to identify, cope and even transcend life’s flaws and perils.


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