Entering Religious Minds (eBook, ePUB)

The Social Study of Worldviews
Redaktion: Sheikh, Mona Kanwal; Juergensmeyer, Mark

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Nine original first-person accounts provide an integrated, problem-solving approach to field research in religious extremism as the authors journey into the worlds of a variety of unusual, sometimes violent, religious groups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429888885
• Artikelnr.: 57268668

Autorenporträt

Mona Kanwal Sheikh, PhD in Political Science, is Senior Researcher and Head of the International Security Research Unit at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mark Juergensmeyer is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Global Studies, Affiliate Professor of Religious Studies, and Founding Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California-Santa Barbara.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Contributors
1. Introduction: The Challenge of Entering Religious Minds Mark
Juergensmeyer and Mona Kanwal Sheikh
Part I Bridging Disciplines: Theology, Religious Studies, and Social
Science
2. From Methodists to Mormons: Reflections on Describing and Explaining
Religious Worldviews Ann Taves
3. Finding a Vocation Between Religious Worlds Richard Madsen
4. Route 40: Encountering a Spiritual School in the Desert Ariel Glucklich
5. Translating Worldviews: Religious Studies as a Social Science Julie
Ingersoll
Part II Encountering Religious Violence: Fieldwork, Empathy, and Immersion
6. Talking with Terrorists, Entering Their Minds Mark Juergensmeyer
7. Epistemic Worldviews: Buddhist Perspectives on Violence Michael Jerryson
8. Lessons from My Study of the Pakistani Taliban Mona Kanwal Sheikh
9. Interviewing White Ethno(-Religious) Nationalists: Reflections on
Fieldwork Sara Kamali
10. Grasping Ritual Violence in Ancient Texts Margo Kitts
11. Conclusion: The Significance of Worldview Analysis for Social Sciences
Mona Kanwal Sheikh
Index