Three Decades of Manufacturing Religion

This essay introduces the theme issue, “Manufacturing Religion: From Christian Origins to Classical Islam.” It emphasizes the enduring relevance of paying attention to matters of classification and definition in the study of religion. The article highlights how the institutionalization and operation...

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Main Author: McCutcheon, Russell T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Religion & theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 31, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-10
Further subjects:B manufacturing religion
B definition of religion
B Classification
B Religion
B study of religion
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Summary:This essay introduces the theme issue, “Manufacturing Religion: From Christian Origins to Classical Islam.” It emphasizes the enduring relevance of paying attention to matters of classification and definition in the study of religion. The article highlights how the institutionalization and operationalization of understandings of “religion” have social effects, and thus, that the study of religion investigates nothing transcendental or sui generis, but rather ordinary human social actions and events.
ISSN:1574-3012
Contains:Enthalten in: Religion & theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15743012-bja10070