He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune: Big Data, Philanthrocapitalism, and the Demise of the Historical Study of Religions

The recent digital turn has had an unprecedented impact on the identity of the academic disciplines that study religions. Expectedly, this shift has brought about a dramatic change in the power dynamics between the main research actors and funders. In particular, historians and humanist scholars hav...

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Main Author: Ambasciano, Leonardo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 34, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 182-209
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Science of Religion / Science ethics / Mass data / Charities / Capitalism / Digital humanities
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
NCJ Ethics of science
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B historical study of religion
B The John Templeton Foundation
B Mass data
B neoliberal academia
B cognitive science of religion
B Philanthrocapitalism
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