What Happens When We Practice Religion?
What Happens When We Practice Religion? An exploration of the interdisciplinary methods used to understand religious practiceReligion is commonly viewed as something that people practice, whether in…
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What Happens When We Practice Religion?
An exploration of the interdisciplinary methods used to understand religious practiceReligion is commonly viewed as something that people practice, whether in the presence of others or alone. What approaches help to answer this question? But what do we mean exactly by "practice"?
delves into the central concepts, arguments, and tools used to understand religion today.Throughout the past few decades, the study of religion has shifted away from essentialist arguments that grandly purport to explain what religion is and why it exists. What Happens When We Practice Religion? Instead, using methods from anthropology, psychology, religious studies, and sociology, scholars now focus on what people do and say: their daily religious habits, routines, improvisations, and adaptations.
Robert Wuthnow shows how four intersecting areas of inquiry-situations,