Religion and science as forms of life anthropological insights into reason and unreason

The relationships between science and religion are about to enter a new phase in our contemporary world, as scientific knowledge has become increasingly relevant in ordinary life, beyond the institutional public spaces where it traditionally developed. The purpose of this volume is to analyze the re...

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Main Authors Salazar, Carles, Bestard, Joan
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Berghahn Books 2015
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition1
Subjects
Anthropology
Ethnology
Ethnology-Religious aspects
Faith and reason
Religion
Religion & Science
Religion and science
Religious aspects
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Summary:The relationships between science and religion are about to enter a new phase in our contemporary world, as scientific knowledge has become increasingly relevant in ordinary life, beyond the institutional public spaces where it traditionally developed. The purpose of this volume is to analyze the relationships, possible articulations and contradictions between religion and science as forms of life: ways of engaging human experience that originate in particular social and cultural formations. Contributions use this theoretical and ethnographic research to exploredifferent scientific and religious cultures in the contemporary world.
ISBN:1782384898
178238488X
9781782384892
9781782384885
DOI:10.1515/9781782384892