How Long to Read World Religions

How Long Does it Take to Read World Religions?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read World Religions by Johannes Wolfart

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A non-traditional approach integrates basic information about the range and diversity of religious behavior around the world with introductory explorations into current theories and methods in the study of religion. This book 'detraditionalizes' traditions. Challenging stereotypes about religions as coherent, uniform 'traditions', chapters explore the contexts in which such stereotypes are constructed. Readers are thus encouraged to question simplistic, ahistorical, decontextualized claims about any religion, developing instead a critical appreciation for the embeddedness of religious rhetoric and practice in the complex arenas of human societies and cultures. Eight so called 'world religions' are treated systematically in a unique triple perspective. This directs attention from the broad but simple, to the specific and complex. First the religion is introduced in overview. This perspective, which features a standard chronology, geography, key doctrines, texts, and ritual vocabularies, we call 'extensive'. Second, in an 'intensive' perspective, local contexts are selected to illustrate the decisive influence of specific sociological, political, or historical situations on the above. Third, in an 'eccentric' perspective, particular marginal groups claiming membership in the religion are given special attention. Taken together, this triple perspective demonstrates how 'traditions' themselves are diverse, internally conflicted 'constructs', products of debate, destabilization, and sometimes, even destruction.

How long is World Religions?

World Religions by Johannes Wolfart is 384 pages long, and a total of 97,536 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read World Religions Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read World Religions aloud.

What Reading Level is World Religions?

World Religions is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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