Vernacular religion in everyday life : expressions of belief / / edited by Marion Bowman and Ulo Valk

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8
• Soggetto topico: Religions; Ethnology - Religious aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BowmanMarion ValkUlo <1962->
• Note generali: First published 2012 by Equinox Publishing Ltd., an imprint of Acumen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. Belief as practice -- part II. Traditions of narrated belief -- part III. Relationships between humans and others -- part IV. Creation and maintenance of community and identity -- part V. Theoretical reflections and manifestations of the vernacular.
• Sommario/riassunto: Vernacular religion is religion as people experience, understand, and practice it. It shapes everyday culture and disrupts the traditional boundaries between 'official' and 'folk' religion. The book analyses vernacular religion in a range of Christian denominations as well as in indigenous and New Age religion from the nineteenth century to today. How these differing expressions of belief are shaped by their individual, communal and national contexts is also explored. What is revealed is the consistency of genres, the persistence of certain key issues, and how globalization in all its cultural
• Titolo autorizzato: Vernacular religion in everyday life
• ISBN: 1-138-94071-2; 1-317-54354-8; 1-315-72864-8; 1-84465-877-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464891903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II