Introduction: Performing Religion
Professor Eileen Barker, one of the key figures in recent sociology of religion and the subject of this volume's portrait, recalls in her text how her first goal in life was to become an actress. Only later on and quite by accident did she stumble upon the social sciences of religion, without,...
| Published in: | Religion and society |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Berghahn
[2018]
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Religion and society
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: VI-VII |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Barker, Eileen 1938-
/ Religion
/ Performance (Arts)
/ Performativity (Cultural sciences)
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| Summary: | Professor Eileen Barker, one of the key figures in recent sociology of religion and the subject of this volume's portrait, recalls in her text how her first goal in life was to become an actress. Only later on and quite by accident did she stumble upon the social sciences of religion, without, however, losing interest in performing. Those reminiscences are somewhat of a motto for what we find in this volume of Religion and Society: texts concerned with the performance of religion in society from different angles and perspectivesfrom ritual to reflexivity, from advocacy to opposition (here Eileen's piece is illuminating in its subtleties of approach), and from definition to regulation. |
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| ISSN: | 2150-9301 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion and society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3167/arrs.2018.090101 |