The Oxford handbook of religion and emotion
John Corrigan (Editor)
The academic study of religion has recently turned to the investigation of emotion as a crucial aspect of religious life. Seeking to better understand how one affects the other, researchers have begun exploring in nuanced ways the various intersections between our religious lives and our emotional states. This volume offers a collection of essays that together add up to the most comprehensive overview of the interplay between religion and emotion. The essays are grouped into four parts. Part I consists of essays on Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and other world religions. Part II highlights aspects of religious life with special emotional significance -- ritual, music, gender, sexuality, and material culture -- and how each shapes individual and communal emotional performance. Part III delves into the myriad roles of specific emotional states and how they function in assorted religious settings, and Part IV colors the overall discussion with historical perspectives from key figures such as St. Augustine, Snullen Kierkegaard, Jonathan Edwards, Emile Durkheim, and William James. This handbook offers a range of critical perspectives, in the form of syntheses, provocations, and prospective observations that will both inform the work of those already engaged in the field and serve as an ideal entry point for anyone wishing to familiarize themselves with the new academic study of religion and emotion. - Publisher
Handbooks and manuals
1 volume ; 25 cm.
9780190608583, 9780195170214, 0190608587, 0195170210
1004894440
Part 1: Religious Traditions 1. Buddhism, Maria Heim2. Islam, Anna Gade3. Hinduism, June McDaniel4. Japanese Religion, Gary Ebersole5. Judaism, Joel Gereboff6. Christianity, Andrew Tallon7. New Religious Movements, Doug CowanPart 2: Religious Life 8. Ritual, Pamela Klassen9. Sexuality, Jeffrey Kripal10. Gender, Melissa Raphael11. Music, Frank Burch Brown12. Material Culture, John KieschnickPart 3: Emotional States 13. Ecstasy, Helene Basu and Angelika Malinar14. Terror, Harvey Whitehouse15. Hope, W. Watts Miller16. Melancholy, Julius Rubin17. Love, Nancy Martin and Joseph Runzo18. Hatred, John CorriganPart 4: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives19. Augustine, James Wetzel20. Medieval Mysticism, Niklaus Largier21. Kierkegaard, David Kangas22. Jonathan Edwards, Michael McClymond23. William James, Jeremy Carrette24. Durkheim, W.S.F. Pickering25. Schleirmacher and Otto, Jacqueline Mariña26. Constructivism and its Critics, John Kloos27. Emotions Research and Religious Experience, Robert Roberts
Originally published: 2007