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...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
[2019]
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 32, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 182-195 |
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 |