Alternative Voices
A Plurality Approach for Religious Studies. Essays in Honor of Ulrich Berner
1st Edition
Published on 17. July 2013
347 pages
978-3-647-54017-7 (ISBN)
Description
When scholarship presents the histories, belief systems, and ritual patterns of specific religious groups, it often privileges victorious and élite fractions of those communities to the detriment and neglect of alternative, dissonant, and resurgent voices. The contributions in this volume, which include case studies on various religious and academic contexts, illustrate the importance of listening to those alternative voices for the study of religion.
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Afe Adogame | Magnus Echtler | Oliver Freiberger
Alternative Voices
A Plurality Approach for Religious Studies. Essays in Honor of Ulrich Berner
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07/2013
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Editor
Dr. phil. Oliver Freiberger ist Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Religious Studies an der University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. phil. Magnus Echtler ist wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Lehrstuhl für Religionswissenschaft der Universität Bayreuth.
Afe Adogame is Associate Professor of World Christianity and Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Contributions
Afe Adogame is Associate Professor of World Christianity and Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Dr. theol. Lukas Bormann ist Professor für Neues Testament an der Philipps-Universität Marburg.
Consultant editor
Dr. phil. Christoph Kleine ist Professor für Religionsgeschichte mit dem Schwerpunkt Buddhismus am Religionswissenschaftlichen Institut der Universität Leipzig.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Body
- Afe Adogame, Magnus Echtler, Oliver Freiberger Introduction
- Part One: "Religion" as a Contested Category
- Gregory D. Alles: Do Adivasis Have Religion? Contesting "Religion" and "Culture" in Eastern Gujarat
- Dirk Johannsen: Erschriebene Religion Die Vielfalt der Stimmen in den Religionserzählungen des modernen Durchbruchs
- Johannes Quack: Aufgabe und Gegenstand der Religionswissenschaft: Von Religion über das religiöse Feld zu Arten der Religiosität
- Part Two: The Plurality of Voices in Religious, Cultural, and Ethnic Encounters
- Jacob K. Olupona: The Slaves of Allah Ifa Divination Portrayal of Islamic Tradition - An Intertextual Encounter
- Michael Pye: Syncretistic Positions in Chinese Temples
- Luther H. Martin: The (Surprising Absence of a) Mithras Cult in Roman Egypt
- Lukas Bormann: Griechen und Juden - Skythen und Barbaren Ethnizität, kulturelle Dominanz und Marginalität im Neuen Testament
- Asonzeh Ukah: Prophets for Profit: Pentecostal Authority and Fiscal Accountability among Nigerian Churches in South Africa
- Part Three: Alternative Voices within Religious Traditions
- David Westerlund: Diverging Muslim Views on Health Care in Sweden: An Outline of a New Research Field
- Gabriele Cappai: Contested Shari'ah One Law, Many Interpretations, Diverging Interests
- Ezra Chitando: Re-opening the Canon: The Transformation of Shona Indigenous Religion in the Face of HIV and AIDS in Rural Zimbabwe
- Jörg Rüpke: Was ist ein Heiligtum? Pluralität als Gegenstand der Religionswissenschaft
- Wotsuna Khamalwa: Ritual Murders and Wealth Inequality in Modern Uganda
- Katharina Wilkens: Drinking the Quran, Swallowing the Madonna Embodied Aesthetics of Popular Healing Practices
- Umar Habila Dadem Danfulani, Theophilus John Angbashim: Neo-Primal Anti-Witchcraft Movements and DMR A Comparative Study of the Moavu-Embaga of the Eggon and Adzov of the Tiv of Central Nigeria
- Part Four: Plurality in the Study of Religion
- Christoph Bochinger: Ist religiöse Vielfalt etwas Gutes? Pluralismus und Pluralität in der Religionswissenschaft
- James L Cox: The Transmission of an Authoritative Tradition. That without which Religion Is Not Religion
- James V. Spickard: My Liberation Needs Yours. Ethics, Truth, and Inclusion in Academic Life
- The Contributors
- Back Cover
