A modest proposal on method: essaying the study of religion
Further documents methodological and institutional failings in the academic study of religion. This collection of essays--which includes three previously unpublished chapters--identifies the manner in which old problems (like the presumption that our object of study is a special, deeply meaningful c...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden [u.a.]
Brill
c 2015
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| In: |
Method & theory in the study of religion (2)
Year: 2015 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Method & theory in the study of religion Supplements to method & theory in the study of religion
2 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Science of Religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Religion Study and teaching B Religion Methodology |
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| Summary: | Further documents methodological and institutional failings in the academic study of religion. This collection of essays--which includes three previously unpublished chapters--identifies the manner in which old problems (like the presumption that our object of study is a special, deeply meaningful case) yet remain in the field. But amidst the critique there are a variety of practical suggestions for how the science of religion can become methodologically even-handed and self-reflexive--the markings of a historically rigorous exercise.--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Bibliogr. S. [213] - 226 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 236 S. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-28123-3 |
