Ordinary Lives and Grand Schemes

An Anthropology of Everyday Religion

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Sociology, Religion & Spirituality
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Author: ISBN: 9780857455079
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: June 1, 2012
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780857455079
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: June 1, 2012
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Rather than putting everyday practice and normative doctrine on different analytical planes, the authors argue that the articulation of religious doctrine is also an everyday practice and must be understood as such.

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Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Rather than putting everyday practice and normative doctrine on different analytical planes, the authors argue that the articulation of religious doctrine is also an everyday practice and must be understood as such.

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