Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution, and Power

by Donovan O. Schaefer

Book Overview

In Religious Affects Donovan O. Schaefer challenges the notion that religion is inextricably linked to language and belief, proposing instead that it is primarily driven by affects. Drawing on affect theory, evolutionary biology, and poststructuralist theory, Schaefer builds on the recent materialist shift in religious studies to relocate religious practices in the affective realm--an insight that helps us better understand how religion is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822359901
• ISBN13: 9780822359906
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"