Constructing Nineteenth-Century Religion av Joshua King

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<div>Bringing together scholars from literary, historical, and religious studies,<i>Constructing Nineteenth-Century Religion</i>interrogates the seemingly obvious category of "religion." This collection argues that any application of religion engages in complex and relatively modern historical processes. In considering the various ways that nineteenth-century religion was constructed, commodified, and practiced, contributors to this volume "speak" to each other, finding interdisciplinary links and resonances across a range of texts and contexts.<br> <br>The participle in its title-<i>Constructing</i>-acknowledges that any articulation of nineteenth-century religion is never just a work of the past: scholars also actively construct religion as their disciplinary assumptions (and indeed personal and lived investments) shape their research and findings. <i>Constructing Nineteenth¿Century Religion</i> newly analyzes the diverse ways in which religion was debated an