In this Book
- Between Dancing and Writing: The Practice of Religious Studies
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: Fordham University Press
summary
This book provides philosophical grounds for an emerging area of scholarship: the study of religion and dance. In the first part, LaMothe investigates why scholars in religious studies have tended to overlook dance, or rhythmic bodily movement, in favor of textual expressions of religious life. In close readings of Descartes, Kant, Schleiermacher, Hegel, and Kierkegaard, LaMothe traces this attitude to formative moments of the field in which philosophers relied upon the practice of writing to mediate between the study of religion,on the one hand, and theology,on the other.In the second part, LaMothe revives the work of theologian, phenomenologist, and historian of religion Gerardus van der Leeuw for help in interpreting how dancing can serve as a medium of religious experience and expression. In so doing, LaMothe opens new perspectives on the role of bodily being in religious life, and on the place of theology in the study of religion.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. iii
- Acknowledgements
- pp. vii-viii
- Preface: Moving Between
- pp. ix-xiv
- Part One: Writing against Theology
- pp. 19-20
- Conclusion to Part One: Living the Legacy
- pp. 103-106
- Chapter 6: A Practice of Understanding
- pp. 129-158
- Chapter 7: Under standing Religion and Dance
- pp. 159-178
- Chapter 10: Dancing Religion
- pp. 241-258
- Bibliography
- pp. 283-296
Additional Information
ISBN
9780823247509
Related ISBN(s)
9780823224036
MARC Record
OCLC
647876396
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No