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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813524603321

Autore

Tweed Thomas A

Titolo

Crossing and dwelling : a theory of religion / / Thomas A. Tweed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-674-26776-1

0-674-04451-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p. ) : ill

Classificazione

BE 2000

Disciplina

200

Soggetti

Religion - Philosophy

Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- One. Itineraries: Locating Theory and Theorists -- Two. Boundaries: Constitutive Terms, Orienting 29 Tropes, and Exegetical Fussiness -- Three. Confluences: Toward a Theory of Religion -- Four. Dwelling: The Kinetics of Homemaking -- Five. Crossing: The Kinetics of Itinerancy -- Conclusion: An Itinerary -- NOTES -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

A deeply researched and vividly written study, this book depicts religion in place and in movement, dwelling and crossing. Drawing on insights from the natural and social sciences, Tweed's work is grounded in the gritty particulars of distinctive religious practices, even as it moves toward ideas about cross-cultural patterns. It offers a responsible way to think broadly about religion, a topic that is crucial for understanding the contemporary world.