Reflections on an Academic Pursuit of Religion
The study of religion is a contested field of investigation that has for thepast two decades challenged my thinking on the subject. 'An unofficial philosopher of religion who received his academic training from a historian' sums up my story as an accidental scholar of religion. On the whol...
| Published in: | Journal for the academic study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
[2019]
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| In: |
Journal for the academic study of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Science of Religion
/ Historian
/ Religious philosophy
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
| Further subjects: | B
Heidegger
B Islamic Studies B History of religion B STUDIES IN RELIGION B Sufism |
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| Summary: | The study of religion is a contested field of investigation that has for thepast two decades challenged my thinking on the subject. 'An unofficial philosopher of religion who received his academic training from a historian' sums up my story as an accidental scholar of religion. On the whole,I see my work as a series of successive leaps, unbound by any one particular project. As a mid-career academic, I am in the process of yet another leap, as it were. The one thing that anchors what I do is the simultaneous historical and philosophical pursuit of what religion is. |
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| ISSN: | 2047-7058 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the academic study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jasr.39808 |