More Than Belief: A Materialist Theory of Religion

by Manuel A. Vasquez

This book challenges the traditional idea that religions can be understood primarily as texts to be interpreted, decoded, or translated. In More Than Belief, Manuel A. V squez argues for a new way of studying religions, one that sees them as dynamic material and historical expressions of the practices of embodied individuals who are embedded in social fields and ecological networks. He sketches the outlines of this approach through a focus on body,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195188543
• ISBN13: 9780195188547
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"