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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817538703321

Autore

LaMothe Kimerer L

Titolo

Between dancing and writing : the practice of religious studies / / Kimerer L. LaMothe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-8232-3691-9

0-8232-4750-3

0-8232-2405-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 299 p. )

Disciplina

200/.7

Soggetti

Religion - Philosophy

Dance - Religious aspects

Religious dance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (283-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The rift in religion : Rene Descartes and Immanuel Kant -- Recovering experience : Friedrich Schleiermacher -- Doing the work of spirit : G.W.F. Hegel -- The poet and the dancer : Soren Kierkegaard -- A braided approach to the study of religions : Gerardus van der Leeuw -- A practice of understanding -- Understanding religion and dance -- Spinning the unity of life : dance as religion -- Marking boundaries : dance against religion.

Sommario/riassunto

This title offers philosophical grounds for an emerging area of scholarship - the study of religion and dance. LaMothe opens different perspectives on the role of bodily being in religious life, and on the place of theology in the study of religion.