A modest proposal on method essaying the study of religion / by Russell T. McCutcheon.
| Author/creator | McCutcheon, Russell T., 1961- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015] |
| Description | xiii, 236 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Supplements to method & theory in the study of religion, 2214-3270 ; VOLUME 2 Supplements to Method & theory in the study of religion ; v. 2. ^A1278864 |
| Contents | Introduction: Plus c̦̦a change -- A modest proposal on method -- I have a hunch -- Myth -- Introducing Smith -- How to give up the Bible, and learn to love it again -- "Why do you seek the living among the dead?" (Luke 24:5) -- A response to Donald Wiebe from an easy-going Zax -- "And that's why no one takes the humanities seriously" -- It could be different: reinventing the study of religion in Alabama. |
| Abstract | Further documents methodological and institutional failings in the academic study of religion. This collection of essays--which includes three previously unpublished chapters--identifies the manner in which old problems (like the presumption that our object of study is a special, deeply meaningful case) yet remain in the field. But amidst the critique there are a variety of practical suggestions for how the science of religion can become methodologically even-handed and self-reflexive--the markings of a historically rigorous exercise.--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014029472 |
| ISBN | 9789004281233 |
| ISBN | 9004281231 |
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