Ordinary Lives and Grand Schemes
An Anthropology of Everyday Religion
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Sociology, Religion & Spirituality
| 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.
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.
