"Religion, Religions, Religious" in America: Toward a Smithian Account of "Evangelicalism"
Jonathan Z. Smith's essay "Religion, Religions, Religious" is a foundational essay in the study of "religion" as a taxonomic category. The essay itself makes three interrelated arguments that situate religion in Western intellectual history and argue that "religion"...
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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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[2019]
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| In: |
Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-82 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Smith, Jonathan Z. 1938-2017
/ USA
/ Religion
/ Religiosity
/ Evangelical movement
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
United States
B Religious Freedom B Evangelicalism B American Religious History B Jonathan Z. Smith |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Jonathan Z. Smith's essay "Religion, Religions, Religious" is a foundational essay in the study of "religion" as a taxonomic category. The essay itself makes three interrelated arguments that situate religion in Western intellectual history and argue that "religion" is a term scholars define to suit their own intellectual purposes. Though the essay, and Smith's work overall, have had a major influence in religious studies, that influence has not reached deeply into the study of American religious history. Using Smith's essay as a guide, this essay offers a brief application of his arguments in "Religion, Religions, Religious" to American religious history and, specifically, to the category "evangelicalism." |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341454 |
