
Religion and Knowledge
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'This book deals with a whole series of controversies over religion in a way that could make a real difference because it clarifies what a social scientific approach can and does involve when it comes to genuinely understanding what is at stake. Whatever the topic, whether it is the polemic of the New Atheists promoted as science or Intelligent Design seen as scientifically illiterate or the philosophical presuppositions of anthropologists in presenting their findings, there is much material here to inform and surprise. It is a fresh, vital and an innovative contribution to what can sometimes appear tired topics.' David Martin, Lancaster University and London School of Economics, UK 'A stimulating look at the interaction between religion and what people think they know. We learn how religion shapes knowledge in several concrete settings and how, in turn, knowledge shapes religion. Sociology needs case studies like these. Without ever losing their concreteness, the authors draw out the implications for social theorizing.' Jim Spickard, University of Redlands, USA 'What counts as knowledge in both religious and not-so-religious contexts? This book is full of nuanced and at the same time engaging sociological studies of tensions, modes of co-existence and negotiations between carriers of knowledge in various parts of society. It is a well-integrated anthology, despite the broad empirical field it covers, including churches, universities, families, media and other social institutions.' PAYl Repstad, University of Agder, Norway '... provide[s] fascinating windows on to the complex nexus between religion and knowledge. There will be something of interest for most scholars involved in some way with studying that interface.' Journal of Contemporary Religion '...valuable insights and makes a worthwhile contribution to its field. Those undertaking the academic study of religion and wanting to gain sociological perspectives on that will find it a useful compMore details
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Dr Elisabeth Arweck is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick (Institute of Education). She is a member of a number of national and international learned societies in religious studies and the sociology of religion. She is a Council member of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion. She is an editor of the Journal of Contemporary Religion. She has co-edited a number of volumes, including Reading Religion in Text and Context (with Peter Collins) (Ashgate 2006), Materialising Religion (with William Keenan) (Ashgate 2006), and Theorising Faith (with Martin Stringer) (Birmingham University Press, 2002). She is the author of Researching New Religious Movements in the West: Responses & Redefinitions (Routledge, 2007) and co-author (with Peter Clarke) of New Religious Movements in Western Europe: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1997). She has published a number of articles in journals (with Eleanor Nesbitt), book chapters, and entries in handbooks and encyclopaedias.
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