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Religion in English Everyday Life
Timothy Jenkins
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Description for Religion in English Everyday Life
Paperback. Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, and thereby returning to an approach more recently neglected, this book offers a detailed understanding of English everyday life. Three contemporary case studies disclose the complex patterns and compulsion of ordinary lives, including both moral and historical dimensions. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, and thereby returning to an approach more recently neglected, this book offers a detailed understanding of English everyday life. Three contemporary case studies - the life of a country church, an annual procession by the churches in a Bristol suburb, a range of linked spiritualist beliefs - disclose the complex patterns and compulsion of ordinary lives, including both moral and historical dimensions: the distribution of reputation and conflict, and the continuities of place and identity. At the same time, the approach revises previous accounts of English social ... Read more
Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, and thereby returning to an approach more recently neglected, this book offers a detailed understanding of English everyday life. Three contemporary case studies - the life of a country church, an annual procession by the churches in a Bristol suburb, a range of linked spiritualist beliefs - disclose the complex patterns and compulsion of ordinary lives, including both moral and historical dimensions: the distribution of reputation and conflict, and the continuities of place and identity. At the same time, the approach revises previous accounts of English social ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
Methodology & History in Anthropology
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Herndon, United States
ISBN
9781571817693
SKU
V9781571817693
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About Timothy Jenkins
Timothy Jenkins is a graduate of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, and of the Faculty of Theology, University of Cambridge. He has undertaken fieldwork in France and England and was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1986. Since 1992 he has taught at the Faculty of Theology, University of Cambridge, where he ... Read more
Reviews for Religion in English Everyday Life
Much of the interest and originality of the book inheres in the illuminating and sensitive analysis ... an important methodological contribution.
Journal of Contemporary Religion Jenkins is a perspicacious and insightful researcher ... An original and fascinating read.
World Faith Encounter
Journal of Contemporary Religion Jenkins is a perspicacious and insightful researcher ... An original and fascinating read.
World Faith Encounter