Emotion, Identity, and Religion: Hope, Reciprocity, and Otherness

by Douglas J. Davies

Book Overview

Deep emotions pervade our human lives and ongoing moods echo them. Religious traditions often shape these and give devotees a sense of identity in a hopeful and meaningful life despite the conflicts, confusion, pain and grief of existence. Driven by anthropological and sociological perspectives, Douglas J. Davies describes and analyses these dynamic tensions and life opportunities as they are worked out in ritual, music, theology, and the allure of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199551537
• ISBN13: 9780199551538
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"