{"product_id":"religion-9780520297661","title":"Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Although the book is in many ways a textbook, Chidester has conceived something far more imaginative than a standard introduction to the world’s religions. Instead, Chidester has chosen to critically analyze the emergence of “religion” as a category, not just once, but in multiple contexts and registers. Specifically, Chidester sets out to develop this critical approach to religion together with the themes and concerns of material culture. So the question becomes not just what religion is and how it is defined, but how the intellectual coordinates out of which “religion” emerges are organized by “material dynamics.”  * Reading Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\" . . . Chidester’s analysis of the dynamic materiality of religion is a valuable corrective. In short, \u003ci\u003eReligion\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that all religion—no matter how world-denying—is material religion.\" * Nova Religio *\u003cbr\u003e\" . . . reflect[s] a healthy shift in the study of religions.\" * Journal of Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\"Chidester . . . successfully describe[s] the current state of the material turn in religious studies, which gives the book significant value.\" * Studies in Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\"I would warmly recommend the book as a well-informed and creative resource for approaching the study of religion.\" * Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\"[Chidester's] broad reading in global history and his deep understanding of the historiography of the academic study of religion will make this book very useful for students and scholars far beyond the modern era.\" * Journal of Contemporary Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book offers many interesting and important insights of how we creatively – and with a sense of humor – can think of and understand religion in its diversity as intertwined with materiality.\" * Anthropology Book Forum *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Material Dynamics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART I CATEGORIES\u003cbr\u003e 1. Animism\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sacred\u003cbr\u003e 3. Space\u003cbr\u003e 4. Time\u003cbr\u003e 5. Incongruity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART II FORMATIONS\u003cbr\u003e 6. Culture\u003cbr\u003e 7. Economy\u003cbr\u003e 8. Colonialism\u003cbr\u003e 9. Imperialism\u003cbr\u003e 10. Apartheid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART III CIRCULATIONS\u003cbr\u003e 11. Shamans\u003cbr\u003e 12. Mobility\u003cbr\u003e 13. Popular\u003cbr\u003e 14. Touching\u003cbr\u003e 15. Oceans\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Dynamic Materiality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402900775255,"sku":"9780520297661","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520297661.jpg?v=1730481811","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/religion-9780520297661","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}