LEADER 03474oam 2200697I 450 001 9910456415003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84553-091-8 010 $a1-315-71123-0 010 $a1-317-49133-5 010 $a1-84553-750-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315711232 035 $a(CKB)2550000000013336 035 $a(EBL)1886899 035 $a(OCoLC)898104122 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000458192 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12192732 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458192 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10422077 035 $a(PQKB)10644386 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1886899 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1886899 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10386853 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL676952 035 $a(OCoLC)958109370 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000013336 100 $a20180706e20142007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRepresenting religion $eessays in history, theory and crisis /$fTim Murphy 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 225 1 $aReligion in culture 300 $aFirst published 2007 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen. 311 $a1-322-45670-4 311 $a1-84553-092-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-202) and indexes. 327 $aThe crisis of representation and the academic study of religion -- Phenomenology, consciousness, essence : critical surveys of the history of the study of religion -- Individual men in their solitude? : a critique of William James' individualistic approach to religion in the varieties of religious experience -- The concept of essence-and-manifestation in the history of the study of religion -- The concept of development in continental geisteswissenschaft and religionswissenshaft : before and after Darwin -- The transcendental pretense and Eliade's humanist hermeneutics towards a Nietzschean semiotics of religion -- Post-structural (dis)placements : genealogy, religious studies, and the problematics of historical identity -- Religion as the structuring of asymmetrical relations : towards a definition -- Towards a semiotic theory of religion. 330 $aIf religion is continually in a state of flux how can the study of religion critically examine contemporary religious beliefs and values? 'Representing Religion' critically examines this ""crisis of representation"". The volume traces the history of religious studies, critiquing the concept that ""experience"" is central to understanding religion. The views of influential semioticians and philosophers - notably Nietzsche, Saussure, Foucault, Barthes, and Bakhtin - are used to construct a new methodology for the critical study of religion. Representing Religion will be of interest to studen 410 0$aReligion in culture. 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 606 $aPhilosophy and religion 606 $aRepresentation (Philosophy) 606 $aPhenomenology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPhilosophy and religion. 615 0$aRepresentation (Philosophy) 615 0$aPhenomenology. 676 $a200.7 700 $aMurphy$b Tim$f1956-,$0968442 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456415003321 996 $aRepresenting religion$92199514 997 $aUNINA