Oxford Handbook of Religion and Emotion

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-060858-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 914 g

The academic study of religion recently has turned to the investigation of emotion as a crucial aspect of religious life. Researchers have set out in several directions to explore that new terrain and have brought with them an assortment of instruments useful in charting it. This volume collects essays under four categories: religious traditions, religious life, emotional states, and historical and theoretical perspectives. In this book, scholars engaged in cutting edge research on religion and emotion describe the ways in which emotions have played a role in Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and other religions. They analyze the manner in which key components of religious life -- ritual, music, gender, sexuality and material culture -- represent and shape emotional performance. Some of the essays included here take a specific emotion, such as love or hatred, and observe the place of that emotion in an assortment of religious traditions and cultural settings. Other essays analyze the thinking of figures such as St. Augustine, Soren Kierkegaard, Jonathan Edwards, Emile Durkheim, and William James. This collection offers a range of critical perspectives on the academic study of religion and emotion, in the form of syntheses, provocations, and prospective observations, that will inform the work of those already engaged in the field. Taken together, the writings included in this handbook serve as an ideal entry point for anyone wishing to familiarize themselves with the new academic study of religion and emotion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Corrigan, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part 1: Religious Traditions

- 1. Buddhism, Maria Heim

- 2. Islam, Anna Gade

- 3. Hinduism, June McDaniel

- 4. Japanese Religion, Gary Ebersole

- 5. Judaism, Joel Gereboff

- 6. Christianity, Andrew Tallon

- 7. New Religious Movements, Doug Cowan

- Part 2: Religious Life

- 8. Ritual, Pamela Klassen

- 9. Sexuality, Jeffrey Kripal

- 10. Gender, Melissa Raphael

- 11. Music, Frank Burch Brown

- 12. Material Culture, John Kieschnick

- Part 3: Emotional States

- 13. Ecstasy, Helene Basu and Angelika Malinar

- 14. Terror, Harvey Whitehouse

- 15. Hope, W. Watts Miller

- 16. Melancholy, Julius Rubin

- 17. Love, Nancy Martin and Joseph Runzo

- 18. Hatred, John Corrigan

- Part 4: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

- 19. Augustine, James Wetzel

- 20. Medieval Mysticism, Niklaus Largier

- 21. Kierkegaard, David Kangas

- 22. Jonathan Edwards, Michael McClymond

- 23. William James, Jeremy Carrette

- 24. Durkheim, W.S.F. Pickering

- 25. Schleirmacher and Otto, Jacqueline Mariña

- 26. Constructivism and its Critics, John Kloos

- 27. Emotions Research and Religious Experience, Robert Roberts

Über Autor(innen)

John Corrigan is the Lucius Moody Bristol Distinguished Professor of Religion and Professor of History at the Florida State University.