
Christian Imaginations of the Religious Other
A History of Religionization
Marianne Moyaert(Author)
Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
Published on 22. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-119-54550-7 (ISBN)
Description
Explores how Christians created, used, and adapted religionized categories of non-Christians through the centuries
Christian Imaginations of the Religious Other traces the genealogy of religionization, the various ways Christians throughout history have created a sense of religious normativity while simultaneously producing various categories of non-Christian "otherness." Covering a broad expanse of processes, practices, and socio-political contexts, this innovative volume analyzes the complex intersections of patterns of religionization in different eras while investigating their entanglements with racialization, sexualization, and ethnicization.
With a readable and accessible style, Marianne Moyaert offers a nuanced and well-balanced critical analysis of how and why Christianity's others were named, categorized, essentialized, and governed by those exemplifying Christian normativity in Western European society. The author takes a longue duree approach - a long-term perspective on history that extends past human memory and the archaeological record - that integrates different case studies and a variety of ecclesial, theological, and literary documents. Throughout the text, Moyaert demonstrates how religionization shaped the ways Christians classified people, organized Christian societies, interacted with different Christian and non-Christian groups, and more.
Surveys the relationship between shifts in Christian normativity and the way non-Christians are imagined
Helps readers connect the lasting effects of patterns of religionization with their everyday experiences
Discusses the role of Christian expansion in the differential and unequal treatment of Christianity's others
Examines legal regulations and disciplinary practices that were established to define the boundaries between Christians and non-Christians
Incorporates a wide range of scholarly resources, cutting-edge research, and the most recent insights and issues in the field
Includes textboxes with helpful summaries, illustrations, and commentary in each chapter
Christian Imaginations of the Religious Other: A History of Religionization is an excellent textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in interreligious studies, comparative theology, theological approaches to religious diversity, Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations, race and religion, and theorizing religion.
Christian Imaginations of the Religious Other traces the genealogy of religionization, the various ways Christians throughout history have created a sense of religious normativity while simultaneously producing various categories of non-Christian "otherness." Covering a broad expanse of processes, practices, and socio-political contexts, this innovative volume analyzes the complex intersections of patterns of religionization in different eras while investigating their entanglements with racialization, sexualization, and ethnicization.
With a readable and accessible style, Marianne Moyaert offers a nuanced and well-balanced critical analysis of how and why Christianity's others were named, categorized, essentialized, and governed by those exemplifying Christian normativity in Western European society. The author takes a longue duree approach - a long-term perspective on history that extends past human memory and the archaeological record - that integrates different case studies and a variety of ecclesial, theological, and literary documents. Throughout the text, Moyaert demonstrates how religionization shaped the ways Christians classified people, organized Christian societies, interacted with different Christian and non-Christian groups, and more.
Surveys the relationship between shifts in Christian normativity and the way non-Christians are imagined
Helps readers connect the lasting effects of patterns of religionization with their everyday experiences
Discusses the role of Christian expansion in the differential and unequal treatment of Christianity's others
Examines legal regulations and disciplinary practices that were established to define the boundaries between Christians and non-Christians
Incorporates a wide range of scholarly resources, cutting-edge research, and the most recent insights and issues in the field
Includes textboxes with helpful summaries, illustrations, and commentary in each chapter
Christian Imaginations of the Religious Other: A History of Religionization is an excellent textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in interreligious studies, comparative theology, theological approaches to religious diversity, Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations, race and religion, and theorizing religion.
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1
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
926 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-119-54550-7 (9781119545507)
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Marianne Moyaert is Professor of Comparative Theology and the Study of Interreligious Relations at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium, where she teaches courses on interfaith dialogue, interreligious studies, and comparative theology. She previously chaired the Comparative Theology and Hermeneutics of Interreligious Dialogue program at VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
She is Editor-in-Chief of Currents of Encounter, a series of books on theology of religions, intercultural theology, theology of interreligious dialogue, and comparative theology. Professor Moyaert served as co-Chair of the Comparative Theology group at the American Academy of Religion for many years.
She is Editor-in-Chief of Currents of Encounter, a series of books on theology of religions, intercultural theology, theology of interreligious dialogue, and comparative theology. Professor Moyaert served as co-Chair of the Comparative Theology group at the American Academy of Religion for many years.