Beschreibung:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Discourse Analysis as an Anthropology of the Mundane: An Interview -- Entering Discourses: A New Agenda for Qualitative Research and the Sociology of Knowledge -- Religious Discourse and Its Modules -- Historical Discourse Analysis: The Entanglement of Past and Present -- Whose Voice Is This? The Multicultural Drama from CDA and DST Perspectives -- Some Important Conceptual Lines of Discourse Theories in Cultural Studies of Religion -- The Power Politics of 'Religion': Discursive Analysis of Religion in Political Science and International Relations -- Religion, Discourse, and the Economy Question: Fraught Issues in Market Societies -- Dynamics of the Human Rights Discourse on Freedom of Religion - Observed from the Religious Studies Angle -- Gender and Its Vicissitudes -- 'Beyond' Language? Ecology, Ontology, and Aesthetics -- Index of Key Terms -- Index of Places -- Index of People
The discursive study of religion is a growing field that attracts increasing numbers of students and researchers from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds. This volume is the first systematic presentation of the research into religion and discourse. Written by experts from various disciplines, each chapter offers an integrative overview of theory, method, and contextual studies by focusing on a specific approach, interdisciplinary relationship, controversy, or theme in the field. Taking the discursive dimension in the production of knowledge seriously, the book also provides a critical analysis of academic practice and explores new forms of scholarly communication, including open peer-review. The collected volume will appeal to scholars and postgraduate students across a variety of disciplines, including religious studies, history of religion, sociology of religion, discourse studies, cultural studies, and area studies