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Language, Charisma, and Creativity: Ritual Life in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion)
Thomas J. Csordas
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Paperback. An eloquent analysis of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal answers one of the primary callings of anthropology: to stimulate critical reflection by making the exotic seem familiar and the familiar appear strange. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCR; JFSR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Thomas Csordas's eloquent analysis of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, part of the contemporary cultural and media phenomenon known as conservative Christianity, embraces one of the primary charges of anthropology as a discipline: to stimulate critical reflection by making the exotic seem familiar and the familiar appear strange. In contrast to the portrayal of the distant cultural 'other' in ethnographic studies of tribal societies, this book shows that people who might be regarded by some as 'religious eccentrics' are quite comprehensible in terms of contemporary culture, while at the same time people who might be anyone's neighbors in fact inhabit a ... Read more
Thomas Csordas's eloquent analysis of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, part of the contemporary cultural and media phenomenon known as conservative Christianity, embraces one of the primary charges of anthropology as a discipline: to stimulate critical reflection by making the exotic seem familiar and the familiar appear strange. In contrast to the portrayal of the distant cultural 'other' in ethnographic studies of tribal societies, this book shows that people who might be regarded by some as 'religious eccentrics' are quite comprehensible in terms of contemporary culture, while at the same time people who might be anyone's neighbors in fact inhabit a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230341104
SKU
V9780230341104
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About Thomas J. Csordas
THOMAS J. CSORDAS Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego, USA. He is the author of The Sacred Self: A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing (1994) and Body/Meaning/Healing (2002), and editor of Embodiment and Experience: The Existential Ground of Culture and Self (2004) and Transnational Transcendence: Essays on Religion and Globalization (2009).
Reviews for Language, Charisma, and Creativity: Ritual Life in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion)
'A timely, well-written contribution to our understanding of a number of important phenomena in the contemporary world, this is also a contribution to debates over concepts and methods in anthropological and related scholarship.' - Erika Bourguignon, Ohio State University, USA 'Csordas is so familiar with the [Roman Catholic Charismatic] movement that he is to a large extent ... Read more