{"product_id":"american-examples-volume-1-new-conversations-about-religion-paperback-softback-9780817360290","title":"American Examples Volume 1; New Conversations About Religion (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817360290","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Examples Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew Conversations About Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael J. Altman (Edited by), Michael J. Altman (Contributions by), Samah Choudhury (Contributions by), Travis Warren Cooper (Contributions by), Emily D. Crews (Contributions by), Richard Newton (Contributions by), Prea Persaud (Contributions by), Steven W. Ramey (Contributions by), Hannah Scheidt (Contributions by), Vaia Touna (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817360290, The University of Alabama Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 November 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Altman and his cohort of early-career scholars ask us to focus on the ‘religion’ in the study of American religion. Each author demonstrates how their research, as an ‘example,’ sheds light not on the particularities of the United States, but rather, the theorization of religion anytime, anywhere. The volume is commendable for its emphasis on process and conversation, as well the vigor with which it invites readers to join a ‘new conversation.’”- Jennifer Graber, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gods of Indian Country: Religion and the Struggle for the American West\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is rare that I can sit down with an edited volume and find each essay just as stimulating, interesting, and incisive as the one before it, but Altman and the contributors to \u003ci\u003eAmerican Examples\u003c\/i\u003e have accomplished just that. This is not just a collection considering the many possible forms of the categories ‘American’ and ‘religion’; in a much larger sense, this volume is a guidebook for how scholars across the disciplines can begin to consider the wide-ranging significance of the politics of classification. Altman certainly has, as he puts it, started a ‘new conversation,’ and it is my sincere hope that this conversation will become a central voice in the future of the study of religion.”- Leslie Dorrough Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eCompromising Positions: Sex Scandals, Politics, and American Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAmerican Examples\u003c\/i\u003e seeks nothing less than to shake the founding assumptions of American religious history. What happens, these contributors ask, if we approach our archives not with the question of how they fit into a broader historical narrative but ask instead: what does this tell us about ‘religion’ or ‘America’? What does the field look like if we foreground the religious studies focus of J. Z. Smith rather than the normative assumptions of narrative history? This volume offers a timely, provocative contribution to the field and will be sure to inspire debate!”- Anthony Petro, author of \u003ci\u003eAfter the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFresh new perspectives on the study of religion, ranging from a church-architecture mecca of Southeast Indiana to what an atheist parent believes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume One\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in a series of annual anthologies published in partnership with the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama. The \u003ci\u003eAmerican Examples\u003c\/i\u003e initiative gathers scholars from around the world for a series of workshops designed to generate big questions about the study of religion in America. Bypassing traditional white Protestant narratives in favor of new perspectives on belief, social formation, and identity, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Examples\u003c\/i\u003e fellows offer dynamic perspectives on American faith that challenge our understandings of both America and religion as categories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the first volume of this exciting academic project, five topically and methodologically diverse scholars vividly reimagine the potential applications of religious history. The five chapters of this inaugural volume use case studies from America, broadly conceived, to ask larger theoretical questions that are of interest to scholars beyond the subfield of American religious history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrea Persaud’s chapter explores the place of Hinduism among the “creole religions” of the Caribbean, while Hannah Scheidt captures what atheist parents say to each other about value systems. Travis Warren Cooper explains how the modernist church architecture of Columbus, Indiana, became central to that city’s identity. Samah Choudhury dissects how Muslim American comedians navigate Western ideas of knowledge and self to make their jokes, and their own selves legible, and Emily D. Crews uses ethnographic fieldwork to read the female reproductive body among Nigerian Pentecostal congregations. Editor Michael J. Altman also provides a brief, rich introduction assessing the state of the discipline of religious history and how the American Examples project can lead the field forward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisit americanexamples.ua.edu for more information on the group and news about upcoming projects.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574419616024,"sku":"9780817360290","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-examples-volume-1-new-conversations-about-religion-paperback-softback-9780817360290","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}