Playful religion
Subtitle: challenges for the study of religion
By: essays by André Droogers ... [et al.] ; edited by Anton van Harskamp ... [et al.].
Contributors: Droogers, A. F.; Harskamp, Anton van, 1946-
Publisher: Eburon; Eburon Academic Publishers, Utrecht
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Delft, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9789059721043
Subjects: Religion -- Study and teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : On play, imagination, and the study of religion / Anton van Harskamp; title: The normalization of religious experience : healing, prophecy, dreams, and visions / André Droogers; title: Identity, religious pluralism and ritual in Brazil : Umbanda and Pentecostalism / André Droogers; title: Paradoxical views on a paradoxical religion : models for the explanation of Pentecostal expansion in Brazil and Chile / André Droogers; title: The third bank of the river : play, methodological ludism, and the definition of religion / André Droogers; title: Playing religion? : experience, meaning and the ludic approach / Peter Versteeg; title: Choice and religious pluralism in Brazil  : another view / Sidney M. Greenfield; title: Religious syncretism Japanese style in Brazil / Peter B. Clarke; title: The future of religion : and its implications for the social sciences / Grace Davie; title: Afterwords : an interview with André Droogers on play and religion / Anton van Harskamp ... [et al.]