How Much Religion is Good for Us?:If Religion Were a Game

by: Thorsten Botz-Bostein (Author)

Publisher:

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2024/8/1

Language: English

Print Length: 210 pages

ISBN-10: 1032615168

ISBN-13: 9781032615165

Book Description

How Much Religion is Good for Us? is a provocative book which examines parallels between play and religion from a philosophical, theological, and anthropological perspective.Understanding “religion as a game” in the context of secular culture, it explores the “playful” patteing of spiritual and religious belief in mode societies. Drawing on the Nietzschean concept of a dead but powerful God, the book depicts mode civilizations as players treading a secular age in which the spirit of religion unconsciously survives. It argues that the spirit of religion is preserved in cultures in the form of a spiritual game, distilling moral precepts and imperatives much like poetry and works of art do. Comparative in scope, it references Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Sufism, and Daoism.This interdisciplinary volume is an outstanding resource for students and scholars of Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, and Anthropology.

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How Much Religion is Good for Us? is a provocative book which examines parallels between play and religion from a philosophical, theological, and anthropological perspective.Understanding “religion as a game” in the context of secular culture, it explores the “playful” patteing of spiritual and religious belief in mode societies. Drawing on the Nietzschean concept of a dead but powerful God, the book depicts mode civilizations as players treading a secular age in which the spirit of religion unconsciously survives. It argues that the spirit of religion is preserved in cultures in the form of a spiritual game, distilling moral precepts and imperatives much like poetry and works of art do. Comparative in scope, it references Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Sufism, and Daoism.This interdisciplinary volume is an outstanding resource for students and scholars of Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, and Anthropology.