Play and Power in Religion: Collected Essays - Couverture rigide

Droogers, André

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3110259508 ISBN 13 : 9783110259506

Editeur : De Gruyter, 2011

Synopsis

At a religion's margins a counterpoint can be found for its power center. In a creative manner, relatively free from clerical control, religious virtuosos take new initiatives there. Inspired by their experience with the sacred, they explore their liberty to play with meanings, images and practices. Yet, the eventual success of such an innovation calls for organization and thus for the exercise of power. Accordingly new movements slow down into institutions - till a new virtuoso brings the cycle to a fresh start.
Over the last thirty years André Droogers has extensively published on the relation between religion, power and play. In this collection of essays the most relevant articles are reprinted. For this volume Droogers wrote an autobiographical introduction, showing how the contingencies of a career may nevertheless lead to a more or less consistent approach.
In Part I of the book articles are included that represent the basic ideas of Droogers' approach, with an emphasis on margin, inversion, ritual and meaning-making. In part II some of his articles on syncretism and Pentecostalism illustrate his views. Part III contains articles that apply the play-and-power perspective to methodological issues in the study of religion.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

André Droogers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: De Gruyter
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3110259508
• ISBN 13: 9783110259506
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 467
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Walter de Gruyter GmbH; productsafety@degruyterbrill.com; ; Genthiner Straße 13; Berlin; 10785; Allemagne