Phenomenology of Indigenous Religions, A: Theory and Practice (Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies) - Hardcover

Cox, James L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1350250724 ISBN 13: 9781350250727

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Synopsis

This book compiles James L. Cox’s most important writings on a phenomenology of Indigenous Religions into one volume, with a new introduction and conclusion by the author. Cox has consistently exemplified phenomenological methods by applying them to his own field studies among Indigenous Religions, principally in Zimbabwe and Alaska, but also in Australia and New Zealand. Included in this collection are his articles in which he defines what he means by the category ‘religion’ and how this informs his precise meaning of the classification ‘Indigenous Religions’. These theoretical considerations are always illustrated clearly and concisely by specific studies of Indigenous Religions and their dynamic interaction with contemporary political and social circumstances. This collection demonstrates the continued relevance of the phenomenological method in the study of religions by presenting the method as dynamic and adaptable to contemporary social contexts and as responsive to intellectual critiques of the method.

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About the Authors

James L. Cox is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK and Adjunct Professor in the Religion and Society Research Cluster, Western Sydney University, Australia.

Bettina E. Schmidt is Professor in the Study of Religions and Director of Graduate Studies at the School of Theology, Religious Studies and Islamic Studies at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK.

Steven J. Sutcliffe is Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the co-editor (with Carole Cusack) of The Problem of Invented Religions (2016) and (with Ingvild Gilhus) of New Age Spirituality: Rethinking Religion (2014) and is the author of Children of the New Age: A History of Spiritual Practices (2003).

Amy Allocco is a professor of religious studies at Elon University, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350250724
• ISBN 13: 9781350250727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270