'Cultural Intensification: A Theory for Religion'

Davies, Douglas J.

'Cultural Intensification: A Theory for Religion'

Davies, Douglas J.

Authors

Professor Douglas Davies douglas.davies@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Contributors

Abby Day
Editor

Citation

Davies, D. J. (2008). 'Cultural Intensification: A Theory for Religion'. In A. Day (Ed.), Religion and the Individual: Belief, Practice, Identity (7-18). Ashgate

Online Publication Date	Apr 8, 2016
Publication Date	Jun 25, 2008
Deposit Date	May 20, 2025
Pages	7-18
Book Title	Religion and the Individual: Belief, Practice, Identity
Chapter Number	1
ISBN	9780754661221
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3956629
Publisher URL	https://www.routledge.com/Religion-and-the-Individual-Belief-Practice-Identity/Day/p/book/9781315604848
Additional Information	What does religion mean to the individual? How are people religious and what do their beliefs, practices and identities mean to them? The individual's place within studies of religion has tended to be overlooked recently in favour of macro analyses. Religion and the Individual draws together authors from around the world to explore belief, practice and identity. Using original case studies and other work firmly placed in the empirical, contributors discuss what religious belief means to the individual. They examine how people embody what religion means to them through practice, considering the different meanings that people attach to religion and the social expressions of their personal understandings and the ways in which religion shapes how people see themselves in relation to others. This work is cross-cultural, with contributions from Asia, Europe and North America.