Canon Fodder
This brief review of The Norton Anthology of World Religions uses the anthology as an occasion to consider the poststructuralist analytical offerings of what came to be known as the canon wars in literary studies, suggesting that the academic field of religious studies would be well-served to engage...
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Format: | Electronic Review |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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In: |
Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 297-306 |
Review of: | The Norton anthology of world religions (New York [u.a.] : Norton, 20XX) (Simmons, Merinda)
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ School teaching
/ Literature
/ Canon
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RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AH Religious education BG World religions |
Further subjects: | B
Book review
B canon wars The Norton Anthology of World Religions literary studies religious studies poststructuralism |
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Summary: | This brief review of The Norton Anthology of World Religions uses the anthology as an occasion to consider the poststructuralist analytical offerings of what came to be known as the canon wars in literary studies, suggesting that the academic field of religious studies would be well-served to engage in its own canon wars. Doing so would begin to deconstruct in productive ways the protectionist and/or descriptive stance too many scholars of religion have in relation to their objects of study. |
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ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
Contains: | In: Method & theory in the study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341379 |