Fieldnotes in the critical study of religion: revisiting classical theorists
"This book introduces students to the so-called classics of the field from the 19th and 20th centuries, whilst challenging readers to apply a critical lens. Instead of representing scholars and their works as virtually timeless, each contributor provides sufficient background on the classic wor...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomsbury Academic
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Critiquing religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Classic
/ Science of Religion
/ Religious studies
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AH Religious education |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Religion Study and teaching History 19th century B Religion Philosophy B Religion B Religion Study and teaching History 20th century |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "This book introduces students to the so-called classics of the field from the 19th and 20th centuries, whilst challenging readers to apply a critical lens. Instead of representing scholars and their works as virtually timeless, each contributor provides sufficient background on the classic work in question so that readers not only understand its novelty and place in its own time but are able to arrive at a critical understanding of whether its approach to studying religion continues to be useful to them today. Scholars discussed include Muller, Durkheim, Freud and Eliade. Field Notes in Religious Studies: A Critical Reading of Classics therefore offers a novel way into writing both a history and ethnography of the discipline, helping readers to see how it has changed and inviting them to consider what-if anything-endures and thereby unites these diverse authors into a common field"-- |
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| ISBN: | 135025164X |