What Matters?: Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age

by Courtney Bender

Book Overview

Over the past decade, religious, secular, and spiritual distinctions have broken down, forcing scholars to rethink secularity and its relationship to society. Since classifying a person, activity, or experience as religious or otherwise is an important act of valuation, one that defines the characteristics of a group and its relation to others, scholars are struggling to recast these concepts in our increasingly ambiguous, pluralistic world.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231156855
• ISBN13: 9780231156851
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher