Religion and the Critical Mind

2012-07-10 Religion

Author : Anton K. Jacobs
Release : 2012-07-10
Genre : Religion
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Download or read book Religion and the Critical Mind written by Anton K. Jacobs. This book was released on 2012-07-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people have a deep curiosity about religion and its shortcomings. This book, written for the general reader, takes a comprehensive look at the critiques of religion in Western history and the courageous thinkers who developed those critiques. While many people know the names of the thinkers covered, they often have little knowledge of their views and the contexts in which they worked. Here is a new look at our heritage in the criticism of religion.

Religion as Critique

2017-11-20 Religion

Author : Irfan Ahmad
Release : 2017-11-20
Genre : Religion
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Download or read book Religion as Critique written by Irfan Ahmad. This book was released on 2017-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irfan Ahmad makes the far-reaching argument that potent systems and modes for self-critique as well as critique of others are inherent in Islam--indeed, critique is integral to its fundamental tenets and practices. Challenging common views of Islam as hostile to critical thinking, Ahmad delineates thriving traditions of critique in Islamic culture, focusing in large part on South Asian traditions. Ahmad interrogates Greek and Enlightenment notions of reason and critique, and he notes how they are invoked in relation to "others," including Muslims. Drafting an alternative genealogy of critique in Islam, Ahmad reads religious teachings and texts, drawing on sources in Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, and English, and demonstrates how they serve as expressions of critique. Throughout, he depicts Islam as an agent, not an object, of critique. On a broader level, Ahmad expands the idea of critique itself. Drawing on his fieldwork among marketplace hawkers in Delhi and Aligarh, he construes critique anthropologically as a sociocultural activity in the everyday lives of ordinary Muslims, beyond the world of intellectuals. Religion as Critique allows space for new theoretical considerations of modernity and change, taking on such salient issues as nationhood, women's equality, the state, culture, democracy, and secularism.

Religion Today

2024-07-02 Religion

Author : Ross Aden
Release : 2024-07-02
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 390/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Religion Today written by Ross Aden. This book was released on 2024-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion Today introduces students to key concepts in religious studies through a compelling problem-solving framework. Each chapter opens with a contemporary case study that helps students engage in current religious issues, explore possible solutions to difficult religious problems today, and learn key themes and concepts in religious studies. To enhance student learning, a free Student Study Guide is available for download from Rowman & Littlefield. The Study Guide features chapter summaries, definition quizzes for students to test themselves on key terms, and possible learning activities.

Religion and the Critical Mind

2012-07-10 Religion

Author : Anton K. Jacobs
Release : 2012-07-10
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 757/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Religion and the Critical Mind written by Anton K. Jacobs. This book was released on 2012-07-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and the Critical Mind provides an overview of the Western heritage of the criticism of religion. Anton Jacobs surveys criticisms from within and without religion from the time of the Hebrew prophets and classical Greek thinkers until the Enlightenment and shows how developments during the Renaissance, Reformation, and the scientific revolution laid foundations for later, modern critiques. While sympathetic to religion, Jacobs listens carefully to its best critics and dedicates a chapter to each of the modern critics of religion: Voltaire, Marx, Nietzsche, Durkheim, Freud, and Russell. He supplies context for their criticism and gauges their impact on religion. While effectively arguing that there are only three real stances a modern person can take on religion and offering an apologia for all religions, Jacobs makes a persuasive case in favor of religious participation.

Shamans and Religion

2000 Education

Author : Alice Beck Kehoe
Release : 2000
Genre : Education
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Download or read book Shamans and Religion written by Alice Beck Kehoe. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kehoe (anthropology, U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) seeks to inoculate her students against the mushy thinking she finds concerning shamans and shamanism. She traces the misinformation to a sensational mid-20th-century French tome by which expatriate Romanian Mircea Eliade hoped to acquire a reputation and a place in a European or American university. (He succeeded.) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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