Between Dancing and Writing : : The Practice of Religious Studies / / Kimerer L. LaMothe.
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 c...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface: Moving Between
- Introduction: A Disconcerting Miracle
- Part One. Writing against theology
- Chapter 1 The Rift in Religion René Descartes and Immanuel Kant
- Chapter 2 Recovering Experience
- Chapter 3 Doing the Work of Spirit
- Chapter 4 The Poet and the Dancer
- Conclusion to Part One: Living the Legacy
- Part Two. Reviving van Der Leeuw
- Chapter 5 A Braided Approach to the Study of Religion
- Chapter 6 A Practice of Understanding
- Chapter 7 Understanding Religion and Dance
- Chapter 8 Spinning the Unity of Life Dance as Religion
- Chapter 9 Marking Boundaries Dance against Religion
- Conclusion to Part Two Can Dance Be Religion?
- Chapter 10 Dancing Religion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index