More than belief : a materialist theory of religion / Manuel A. Vásquez.

Author/creator Vásquez, Manuel A.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description382 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The rise of foundational dualism and the eclipse of the body -- "Body am I entirely, and nothing else": non-reductive materialism and the struggle against dualism -- Toward a materialist phenomenology of religion -- The phenomenology of embodiment and the study of religion -- Religious bodies as social artifacts -- Holding social constructionism in check: the recovery of the active, lived body -- A cultural neurophenomenology of religion: enter the embodied mind -- The eclipse of practice: textualism at large -- "Ceci n'est pas un texte": from textualism to practice -- Expanding the conversation on emplaced religion -- Mobility, networks, and ecology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010001273
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