{"title":"Marianne Moyaert","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarianne Moyaert’s works explore the intricate relationships between faith, identity, and the perception of the ‘other’ within religious contexts. Her writing delves into how Christian thought shapes and is shaped by encounters with diverse religious traditions and beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analysis and nuanced perspectives on spirituality and interfaith dialogue. Moyaert’s books invite reflection on the complexities of belief and the ways religion informs cultural and ethical understandings in contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"christian-imaginations-of-the-religious-other-by-marianne-moyaert-9781119545507","title":"Christian Imaginations of the Religious Other","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores how Christians created, used, and adapted religionized categories of non-Christians through the centuries\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristian Imaginations of the Religious Other\u003c\/em\u003e traces the genealogy of \u003cem\u003ereligionization\u003c\/em\u003e, the various ways Christians throughout history have created a sense of religious normativity while simultaneously producing various categories of non-Christian \"otherness.\" Covering a broad expanse of processes, practices, and socio-political contexts, this innovative volume analyzes the complex intersections of patterns of religionization in different eras while investigating their entanglements with racialization, sexualization, and ethnicization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a readable and accessible style, Marianne Moyaert offers a nuanced and well-balanced critical analysis of how and why Christianity’s others were named, categorized, essentialized, and governed by those exemplifying Christian normativity in Western European society. The author takes a \u003cem\u003elongue durée\u003c\/em\u003e approach — a long-term perspective on history that extends past human memory and the archaeological record — that integrates different case studies and a variety of ecclesial, theological, and literary documents. Throughout the text, Moyaert demonstrates how religionization shaped the ways Christians classified people, organized Christian societies, interacted with different Christian and non-Christian groups, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSurveys the relationship between shifts in Christian normativity and the way non-Christians are imagined\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHelps readers connect the lasting effects of patterns of religionization with their everyday experiences\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the role of Christian expansion in the differential and unequal treatment of Christianity’s others\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eExamines legal regulations and disciplinary practices that were established to define the boundaries between Christians and non-Christians\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIncorporates a wide range of scholarly resources, cutting-edge research, and the most recent insights and issues in the field\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIncludes textboxes with helpful summaries, illustrations, and commentary in each chapter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristian Imaginations of the Religious Other: A History of Religionization\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in interreligious studies, comparative theology, theological approaches to religious diversity, Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations, race and religion, and theorizing religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Professor Moyaert is one of the world’s best scholars of comparative theology. In this magisterial new work, she helps scholars of religion to better learn how religious images, whether drawn with pictures or words, are crucial to how we understand ourselves and each other.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eAmir Hussain, President, American Academy of Religion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Breathtaking in scope and detail, Moyaert offers an original history of the ways Christians have projected distorted images of their religious ‘others,’ with devastating material consequences. Her illuminating story of the past is a searchlight for our present.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eJeannine Hill Fletcher, Professor of Theology, Fordham University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristian Imaginations\u003c\/em\u003e is a superb study of the role that Western political programs play in the historical construction of identity boundaries. Analytically erudite and socially committed, Moyaert’s book powerfully interrogates what counts as religion, making this text a must-read for anyone interested in interreligious studies.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eSantiago Slabodsky, Florence and Robert Kaufman Professor in Jewish Studies, Hofstra University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Raising the historical formation of religious identities to the level of contemporary treatments of gender and racialization, \u003cem\u003eChristian Imaginations of the Religious Other\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for students of religion.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eMichelle Voss, Professor of Theology and Past Principal, Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Crafting a Western European mosaic of religionization's turbulent history, Moyaert unveils how religious identities are constructed, hierarchies function, and their relevance for engaging diverse societies today worldwide.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eHans Gustafson, Adjunct Professor of Theology, University of St. Thomas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596002574572,"sku":"9781119545507","price":68.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/52e6b89a783a3575e645d1d656059faf.jpg?v=1777932376"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/marianne-moyaert.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}