Bender, Courtney (EDT)/
What Matters?
- ISBN 13:
- 9780231156851
- author:
- Bender, Courtney (EDT)/
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 296
- Dimensions:
- 152mm X 229mm
- Genre:
- Religion, Comparative Religion
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
What Matters? Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age by Courtney Bender and Ann Taves explores how individuals and groups determine significance, set goals, and attribute meaning in an increasingly ambiguous world. The authors examine the role of ambivalence, attachment, and disaffection in shaping religious, secular, and spiritual identities, highlighting the ways in which these designations serve as markers of value. Through ethnographic research and historical analysis, they investigate contemporary psychical research, liberal American homeschooling, and the work of influential thinkers from the past. This collection sheds new light on the nature of secularity and its relationship to society, revealing what matters in the lives of ordinary individuals.
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