Divine Hierarchies: Class in American Religion and Religious Studies

by Sean McCloud

Book Overview

Placing the neglected issue of class back into the study and understanding of religion, Sean McCloud reconsiders the meaning of class in today's world. More than a status grounded in material conditions, says McCloud, class is also an identity rhetorically and symbolically made and unmade through representations. It entails relationships, identifications, boundaries, meanings, power, and our most ingrained habits of mind and body. He demonstrates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807858498
• ISBN13: 9780807858493
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 9.2"