{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-the-study-of-religion-paperback","title":"The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Stausberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSteven Engler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e provides a comprehensive overview of the academic study of religion. Written by an international team of leading scholars, its fifty-one chapters are divided thematically into seven sections. The first section addresses five major conceptual aspects of research on religion. Part two surveys eleven main frameworks of analysis, interpretation, and explanation of religion. Reflecting recent turns in the humanities and social sciences, part three considers eight forms of the expression of religion. Part four provides a discussion of the ways societies and religions, or religious organizations, are shaped by different forms of allocation of resources. Other chapters in this section consider law, the media, nature, medicine, politics, science, sports, and tourism. Part five reviews important developments, distinctions, and arguments for each of the selected topics. The study of religion addresses religion as a historical phenomenon and part six looks at seven historical processes. Religion is studied in various ways by many disciplines, and this \u003cem\u003eHandbook\u003c\/em\u003e shows that the study of religion is an academic discipline in its own right. The disciplinary profile of this volume is reflected in part seven, which considers the history of the discipline and its relevance. Each chapter in the \u003cem\u003eHandbook\u003c\/em\u003e references at least two different religions to provide fresh and innovative perspectives on key issues in the field. This authoritative collection will advance the state of the discipline and is an invaluable reference for students and scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Stausberg \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Religion at the University of Bergen. He was formerly a fellow at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultual and Social Studies and is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. His previous publications include \u003cem\u003eContemporary Theories of Religion: A Critical Companion\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2009), \u003cem\u003eReligion and Tourism: Crossroads, Destinations and Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2010), and \u003cem\u003eZarathustra and Zoroastrianism\u003c\/em\u003e (Equinox, 2008). He is co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Zoroastrianism\u003c\/em\u003e (with Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina; Wiley Blackwell, 2015) and \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e (with Steven Engler; Routledge, 2013). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Engler\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Religious Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary. He is Professor Colaborador in the Programa de Estudos Pos-Graduados em Ciencias da Religiao at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo and Affiliate Professor with the Department of Religion, Concordia University, Montreal. He is the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eHistoricizing Tradition in the Study of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e (with Gregory Price Grieve; De Gruyter, 2005).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 848\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 9.6 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751348109600,"sku":"9780198729587","price":102.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0f4dd4e8883e911ff214af39ec5f778f.webp?v=1779971413","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-the-study-of-religion-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}