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Ausgabe:

September/2017

Spalte:

952–954

Kategorie:

Philosophie, Religionsphilosophie

Autor/Hrsg.:

Sidky, Homayun

Titel/Untertitel:

Religion. An Anthropological Perspective.

Verlag:

New. York u. a.: Peter Lang 2015. XIV, 279 S. m. zahlr. Abb. = American University Studies. Series 7: Theology and Religion, 348. Geb. EUR 74,90. ISBN 978-1-4331-2917-9.

Rezensent:

Mara G. Block

This volume’s opening premise lays out its general significance. An anthropological perspective, Sidky argues, shines a unique and in­dispensible light on the vast and shifting constellation of »reli-gion.« The book’s primary purpose is to introduce students and general readers to the fruits of a sustained effort to understand even the most challenging phenomena from a practitioner’s perspective. This dovetails with a second goal meant to persuade new readers and fellow anthropologists alike: S. seeks to establish an approach that holds tight to modern scientific rationality and that, at the same time, offers insight into why people believe the (seemingly inexplicable) things they believe.
S.’s opening chapter culminates with an intervention in the »methodological ...


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