Religion in the Thought of Mikhail Bakhtin: Reason and Faith

by Hilary B P Bagshaw, Jeff Astley, James A Beckford, Richard Brummer, Vincent Brümmer

Overview

This book examines the significance of religion in the work of the twentieth century philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin. Exploring Bakhtin’s contribution to debates on methodology in the study of religion, this book argues that his use of religious terminology is derived from his source material in philosophy of religion and not from his confessional commitment to Russian Orthodox Christianity. Critiquing Gavin Flood’s important work Beyond Phenomenology, Hilary Bagshaw explains how Bakhtin’s work on ‘outsideness’ presents invaluable insights for scholars of religion, particularly pertinent to the contemporary insider/outsider debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409462422
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	03/28/2013
Series:	Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Dr Bagshaw has recently completed her doctoral thesis at the University of Sheffield’s Bakhtin Centre. Her Master’s degree was in Oriental and African Religions at SOAS, where she was introduced to Bakhtin’s ideas and developed her interest in methodology in the study of religion.

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Themes from philosophy of religion; Myth, religion and language; The history of genre and the secularization of literature; Carnival and carnivalesque literature; Can Bakhtin’s work be applied to the study of religion?; Outsideness; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.