The Story in Religion
Tellers, Readers, Listeners
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2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
9781350559394 (ISBN)
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Drawing on theories of myth and pop-cultural narratives, this book develops a sociology of the story that shows how stories create meaning in contemporary religious practices.
Martin Stringer shows how stories work in religion within the context of the story-saturated world of the 21st century through discussions of a wide range of theories of myth. He traces religious elements in the stories of film, television and literature to explore how pop-cultural narratives impact how we engage with, talk about and live religion. In this way, he shows that the myths at the heart of religious traditions are not the only stories that shape how religion is practised today.
Each of the ten chapters introduces an influential theory of myth, including those of Edward B. Tylor, Claude Lévi-Strauss and Sigmund Freud, before applying this theory to a story or trope from folklore, literature and popular culture. In addition to these entertaining excursions into the worlds of Frankenstein, werewolves, superheroes and Star Wars, each chapter also provides a retelling of the classic fairy tale Snow White framed by the theory introduced in the chapter. In highlighting core themes from the different theories of myth, these ten different Snow Whites reveal the fluidity of stories – and the theories we create about them – as a whole.
In its bold combination of theories of myth, popular culture and religion, The Story in Religion shows how people use a range of stories to create identities, emotions and realities in their religious practices. In this way, the book alters how we think about meaning-making in religious contexts – and in society more broadly.
Martin Stringer shows how stories work in religion within the context of the story-saturated world of the 21st century through discussions of a wide range of theories of myth. He traces religious elements in the stories of film, television and literature to explore how pop-cultural narratives impact how we engage with, talk about and live religion. In this way, he shows that the myths at the heart of religious traditions are not the only stories that shape how religion is practised today.
Each of the ten chapters introduces an influential theory of myth, including those of Edward B. Tylor, Claude Lévi-Strauss and Sigmund Freud, before applying this theory to a story or trope from folklore, literature and popular culture. In addition to these entertaining excursions into the worlds of Frankenstein, werewolves, superheroes and Star Wars, each chapter also provides a retelling of the classic fairy tale Snow White framed by the theory introduced in the chapter. In highlighting core themes from the different theories of myth, these ten different Snow Whites reveal the fluidity of stories – and the theories we create about them – as a whole.
In its bold combination of theories of myth, popular culture and religion, The Story in Religion shows how people use a range of stories to create identities, emotions and realities in their religious practices. In this way, the book alters how we think about meaning-making in religious contexts – and in society more broadly.
Martin D. Stringer is Emeritus Professor at Swansea University, UK. He is the author of five books and numerous articles in the field of sociology of religion and on the history of Christian worship, including Contemporary Ethnography and the Definition of Religion (2011) and Discourses on Religious Diversity (2013).
Prologue: The Sociology of the Story
1. Classification
2. Function
3. Morphology
4. Structure
5. Meaning
6. Imagination
7. Authority
8. Identity
9. Ritual
10. Religion
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781350559394 / 9781350559394 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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