{"product_id":"worldview-religious-studies-9781032150864","title":"Worldview Religious Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorldview Religious Studies\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganised thematically by chapter, this book brings together familiar and unfamiliar authors, theories, and source\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1 Theories and Perspectives\u003c\/strong\u003e - 1. Framing Worldviews, 2. Religion and Religious Studies, 3. Destiny, Ritual-Symbol and Gift, 4. Evil, Merit, Salvation. \u003cstrong\u003ePart 2 Worldview Types - \u003c\/strong\u003e5. Types of Worldview, 6. Natural Worldview, 7. Scientific WorldvieW, 8. Ancestral Worldview, 9. Karmic Worldview, 10. Prophetic Sectarian, 11. Mystical Worldview, 12. Ideological Worldview, 13. Ludic Worldview, 14. Seeing and Seeing-through Worldviews.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090769441111,"sku":"9781032150864","price":24.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032150864.jpg?v=1762273388","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/worldview-religious-studies-9781032150864","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}