Worlds Apart: The Essentials of Critical Thinking
In this essay, I consider what the publication of Schaffalitzky de Muckadell's essay On Essentialism and Real Definitions of Religion in the JAAR reflects about the state of religious studies as a discipline, arguing that there appears increasing room for overt essentialism in the name of lib...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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| In: |
Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 27-33 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Science of Religion
/ Religion
/ Definition
/ Criticism
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | In this essay, I consider what the publication of Schaffalitzky de Muckadell's essay On Essentialism and Real Definitions of Religion in the JAAR reflects about the state of religious studies as a discipline, arguing that there appears increasing room for overt essentialism in the name of liberal humanism and progressive politics. Reflecting on this unfortunate trend in the academic study of religion, I ask that scholars clarify two things when engaging in critical thinking: the claims embedded in their own identifications and the audience with and to whom they aim to speak. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1871 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v44i4.27562 |
