Religion and the Individual: Belief, Practice, Identity (Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective Series in Association with the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754661229 ISBN 13: 9780754661221

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

What does religion mean to the individual? How are people religious and what do their beliefs, practices and identities mean to them? The individual's place within studies of religion has tended to be overlooked recently in favour of macro analyses. Religion and the Individual draws together authors from around the world to explore belief, practice and identity. Using original case studies and other work firmly placed in the empirical, contributors discuss what religious belief means to the individual. They examine how people embody what religion means to them through practice, considering the different meanings that people attach to religion and the social expressions of their personal understandings and the ways in which religion shapes how people see themselves in relation to others. This work is cross-cultural, with contributions from Asia, Europe and North America.

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About the Author

Dr Abby Day is based at the University of Sussex, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754661229
• ISBN 13: 9780754661221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 214
• Editor: Day Abby