Critical Terms for Religious Studies, Second Edition

Sarah Hammerschlag is the John Nuveen Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Her books include Devotion: Three Inquiries in Religion, Literature, and Political Imagination, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

• Introduction, by Sarah Hammerschlag1. Catastrophe, by Levi McLaughlin2. Disability, by Sarah Imhoff3. Faith, by Constance M. Furey4. Feeling, by Nancy Khalek5. Fetish, by Sarah Hammerschlag6. Identity, by Eleanor Craig7. Image, by James Robson8. Law, by Noah Salomon9. Life, by Rafael Rachel Neis10. Matter, by Matthew Engelke11. Memory, by Ryan Coyne12. Mind, by Dan Arnold13. Money, by Andrea R. Jain14. Nature, by Mary-Jane Rubenstein15. Power, by Amy Hollywood16. Practice, by Elizabeth Pérez17. Race, by Terrence L. Johnson18. (Virtual) Reality, by Christopher G. White19. Reason, by Alireza Doostdar20. Religion, by Kathryn Lofton21. Sex, by Benjamin H. Dunning22. Sound, by Nicholas Harkness23. Text, by Samuel P. CatlinAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

"Rather than focusing on theological concepts that might be used by only one religious tradition, such as the Christian understanding of its own tradition, this handbook focuses on larger methodological definitions used by scholars of many traditions, such as "memory," "life," and "law." . . . This is a useful handbook, especially for introductory classes on methodologies in religious studies or in graduate seminars on theory and method, which are common in many graduate programs. Additionally, professors and researchers will find this handbook useful for updated scholarship on concepts they may already be employing in their work."