- ホーム
- > 洋書
- > 英文書
- > Religion / Ethics
Full Description
This book looks at the concept of tradition in the study of religion. It examines the history of the concept, uses in the discipline, theoretical perspectives (including Indigenous and post/decolonial studies, cognitive science and hermeneutics), and critical perspectives on key thinkers (Halbwachs, Gadamer, Ricoeur, J & A Assmann, Boyer, Morin) and recommendations for clearing the air of a key theoretical tension surrounding the concept of the invention of tradition.
Questioning the use of 'tradition' as a synonym for 'religion,' the book models a relational and ideology-critical approach to complex concepts. It engages with important theoretical issues, including opposition to 'modernity,' Indigenous 'self-conscious traditionalism.' colonial discourses, intersections with ritual, agency and reason and 'the invention of tradition.' Discussions - with examples from a variety of religions and cultures - including African, Indigenous North American, south Pacific, Afro-Brazilian, Japanese, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and esoteric. Four case studies - on esoteric Traditionalism, Candomblé, great/little traditions and Indigenous traditions in Canadian law - engage central ideas in greater detail.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Talking
Tradition
Chapter 2: Pure Tradition
vs. History
Case Study 1:
Traditionalism and the denial of historical truth
Chapter 3: Invention and
Authority
Case Study 2: Normative
tradition in Candomblé Chapter 4: Tradition and Modernity
Case Study 3: Great and
Little Traditions
Chapter 5: Agency and
Reason
Case Study 4: Indigenous
Tradition and Canadian Law Chapter 6: Key Thinkers of Tradition
Conclusion
