Archaeology And World Religion

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134597975
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeology and World Religion written by Timothy Insoll and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology and World Religion is an important new work, being the first to examine these two vast topics together. The volume explores the relationship between, and the contribution archaeology can make to the study of 'World Religions'. The contributors consider a number of questions: * can religious (sacred) texts be treated as historical documents, or do they merit special treatment? * Does archaeology with its emphasis on material culture dispel notions of the ideal/divine? * Does the study of archaeology and religion lead to differing interpretations of the same event? * In what ways does the notion of a uniform religious identity exist and is this recognisable in the archaeological record? Clearly written and up-to-date, this volume will be an indispensable research tool for academics and specialists in these fields.

Author : Kit W. Wesler
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761858458
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Archaeology of Religion written by Kit W. Wesler and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Archaeology of Religion challenges traditional conventions by refusing to respect the geographic and temporal boundaries with which archaeologists too often define their field. This book is an ambitious attempt to survey how scholars approach the identification of religious sites and practices in the archaeological record.

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113452644X
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeology, Ritual, Religion written by Timothy Insoll and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book re-examines the definitions of 'religion' and 'ritual' through a range of archaeological examples drawn from around the world and across time. It serves as an introduction to the theory and methodology of the archaeology of religion

Author : Sharon R. Steadman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315433885
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeology of Religion written by Sharon R. Steadman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steadman fills an empty niche in the offerings on how archaeology interprets past religions with this useful textbook. The book includes case studies from around the world, from the study of Upper Paleolithic religions and of shamans in foraging societies to formal religious structures in advanced complex societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and the Andes. Steadman also includes key contemporary religions—Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, among others—to provide an historical and comparative context. This is an ideal text for a archaeology of religion courses and classes that include a significant component on “past religions,” as well as an excellent guide for general readers.

Author : Rubina Raja
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444350005
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World written by Rubina Raja and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of a wide range of topics relating to the practices, expressions, and interactions of religion in antiquity, primarily in the Greco-Roman world. • Features readings that focus on religious experience and expression in the ancient world rather than solely on religious belief • Places a strong emphasis on domestic and individual religious practice • Represents the first time that the concept of “lived religion” is applied to the ancient history of religion and archaeology of religion • Includes cutting-edge data taken from top contemporary researchers and theorists in the field • Examines a large variety of themes and religious traditions across a wide geographical area and chronological span • Written to appeal equally to archaeologists and historians of religion

Author : Beth Alpert Nakhai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel written by Beth Alpert Nakhai and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This book discusses the role of religion in Canaanite and Israelite society, from the Middle Bronze Age through the Israelite Divided Monarchy (2000-587 BC). It contains an extensive archaeological study of all known Middle Bronze through Iron Age temples, sanctuaries, and open-air shrines, organized by period and geographic region. Social science and textually based analyses of sacrifice in antiquity reveal the many ways in which religion was related to social structure, and the author emphasizes the ways in which social, economic and political relationships determined - and were shaped by - forms of religious organization.

Author : Jack Finegan
Publisher : Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archeology of World Religions written by Jack Finegan and published by Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1952 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019923244X
Total Pages : 1135 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion written by Timothy Insoll and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 1135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview, by period and region, of the archaeology of ritual and religion. The coverage is global, and extends from the earliest prehistory to modern times. Written by over sixty renowned specialists, the Handbook presents the very best in current scholarship, and will also stimulate further research.

Author : Kathryn Rountree
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461433541
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeology of Spiritualities written by Kathryn Rountree and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology of Spiritualties provides a fresh exploration of the interface between archaeology and religion/spirituality. Archaeological approaches to the study of religion have typically and often unconsciously, drawn on western paradigms, especially Judaeo-Christian (mono) theistic frameworks and academic rationalisations. Archaeologists have rarely reflected on how these approaches have framed and constrained their choices of methodologies, research questions, hypotheses, definitions, interpretations and analyses and have neglected an important dimension of religion: the human experience of the numinous - the power, presence or experience of the supernatural. Within the religions of many of the world’s peoples, sacred experiences – particularly in relation to sacred landscapes and beings connected with those landscapes – are often given greater emphasis, while doctrine and beliefs are relatively less important. Archaeology of Spiritualities asks how such experiences might be discerned in the archaeological record; how do we recognize and investigate ‘other’ forms of religious or spiritual experience in the remains of the past?. The volume opens up a space to explore critically and reflexively the encounter between archaeology and diverse cultural expressions of spirituality. It showcases experiential and experimental methodologies in this area of the discipline, an unconventional approach within the archaeology of religion. Thus Archaeology of Spiritualities offers a unique, timely and innovative contribution, one that is also challenging and stimulating. It is a great resource to archaeologists, historians, religious scholars and others interested in cultural and religious heritage.

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415253130
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeology, Ritual, Religion written by Timothy Insoll and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book re-examines the definitions of 'religion' and 'ritual' through a range of archaeological examples drawn from around the world and across time. It serves as an introduction to the theory and methodology of the archaeology of religion