{"product_id":"religion-at-play-a-manifesto-paperback","title":"Religion at Play: A Manifesto - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDroogers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA critique of institutional power in modern religion, seeing religious belief as the playful exploration of possibilities that resists petrification. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs a powerful position a guarantee that a religion will continue?\u003cbr\u003eDoes God take sides in religious power struggles?\u003cbr\u003eCan God survive religious exclusivity and diversity?\u003cbr\u003eIs God migrating from \"out there\" to \"in here\"?\u003cbr\u003eIs religion sustainable in the long run?\u003cbr\u003eIn seeking answers to these questions, this book explores the possibilities afforded by playful religion. Religion has playful origins, but this aspect is forgotten as soon as institutional power becomes self-serving instead of subservient. Power changes the very essence of religion. Virtually all religions are distorted versions of a playful original. Institutionalisation is religion's curse, not its blessing. Apparent success hides the failure of religion to be faithful to its original intent. This book helps to find the way back from bordering to inclusivity and openness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndre Droogers is Emeritus Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. His other books include Play and Power in Religion: Collected Essays (2012) and (with Anton van Harskamp) Methods for the Study of Religious Change: From Religious Studies to Worldview Studies (2014). Read more at www.andredroogers.nl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46592950337733,"sku":"9780718893965","price":60.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/cL5mmC7KkY9780718893965.webp?v=1785067586","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/religion-at-play-a-manifesto-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}