Ordinary Lives and Grand Schemes
Download or Read eBook Ordinary Lives and Grand Schemes PDF written by Joska Samuli Schielke and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Joska Samuli Schielke |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2012 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780857455062 |
ISBN-13 | : 0857455060 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Ordinary Lives and Grand Schemes by : Joska Samuli Schielke
Book excerpt: Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Rather than putting everyday practice and normative doctrine on different analytical planes, the authors argue that the articulation of religious doctrine is also an everyday practice and must be understood as such.