03358nam 2200685 a 450 991046145910332120200520144314.01-283-40244-097866134024483-11-220406-93-11-025951-610.1515/9783110259513(CKB)2670000000138747(EBL)827322(OCoLC)769343092(SSID)ssj0000576084(PQKBManifestationID)12197778(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000576084(PQKBWorkID)10554479(PQKB)11158903(MiAaPQ)EBC827322(DE-B1597)124195(OCoLC)840445528(DE-B1597)9783110259513(Au-PeEL)EBL827322(CaPaEBR)ebr10521667(CaONFJC)MIL340244(EXLCZ)99267000000013874720110715d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlay and power in religion[electronic resource] collected essays /André DroogersBerlin ;Boston De Gruyterc20121 online resource (468 p.)Religion and reason,0080-0848 ;v. 50Description based upon print version of record.3-11-025950-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Marginality, play and power -- -pt. 2. Two fields -- pt. 3. Methodological applications.At a religion's margins a counterpoint can be found for its power center. In a creative manner, relatively free from clerical control, religious virtuosos take new initiatives there. Inspired by their experience with the sacred, they explore their liberty to play with meanings, images and practices. Yet, the eventual success of such an innovation calls for organization and thus for the exercise of power. Accordingly new movements slow down into institutions - till a new virtuoso brings the cycle to a fresh start. Over the last thirty years André Droogers has extensively published on the relation between religion, power and play. In this collection of essays the most relevant articles are reprinted. For this volume Droogers wrote an autobiographical introduction, showing how the contingencies of a career may nevertheless lead to a more or less consistent approach. In Part I of the book articles are included that represent the basic ideas of Droogers' approach, with an emphasis on margin, inversion, ritual and meaning-making. In part II some of his articles on syncretism and Pentecostalism illustrate his views. Part III contains articles that apply the play-and-power perspective to methodological issues in the study of religion. Religion and reason ;50.PlayReligious aspectsPower (Social sciences)Anthropology of religionElectronic books.PlayReligious aspects.Power (Social sciences)Anthropology of religion.201/.7Droogers A. F1030594MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461459103321Play and power in religion2447558UNINA