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What Is Religion? Debating the Academic Study of Religion

Hughes Aaron W. McCutcheon, Russell T.
Innbundet / 2022 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780190064976
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
378

Redaktør
Hughes Aaron W.
McCutcheon, Russell T.

Biografisk notat

Aaron W. Hughes is the Philip S. Bernstein Professor in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of sixteen books, twelve edited volumes, and over eighty articles and book chapters. Book titles include Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History; Shared Identities: Medieval and Modern Imaginings of Judeo-Islam; and From Seminary to University: An Institutional History of the Study of Religion in Canada. Russell T. McCutcheon is University Research Professor and long-time Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He writes widely on the history of the field and the practical implications of classification systems. He is the author of such books as Manufacturing Religion, Studying Religion: An Introduction, and On Making a Shift in the Study of Religion and Other Essays.

What Is Religion? Debating the Academic Study of Religion

Hughes Aaron W. McCutcheon, Russell T.
Innbundet / 2022 / Engelsk
Hughes Aaron W. McCutcheon, Russell T.
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The book presents the reader with an original and innovative account of current approaches to, and controversies within, religious studies, gathering and interlinking multifaceted voices.

Hannah Griese, Reading Religion

Controversies over how to define the word "religion" have persisted for decades. It is a term of art and of academic study, but also one of governance, technologies, and of networks; it is a concept whose diversity is often its own worst enemy. "Religion" is as much a fuzzy set of conceptualizations and generalizations about a range of human activities as it is an authorizing system of persons, ideas, and practices. What is Religion?: Debating the Academic Study of Religion invites readers to eavesdrop on scholarly debates over the limits of, and uses for, a word commonly used but infrequently defined in a precise manner. This volume takes the temperature of the modern field of Religious Studies by inviting a diverse group of scholars to offer their own substantive contribution that builds on the shared opening prompt, "Religion is...". Their essays document the current state of the field and its various sub-fields, assess the progress that has been made over the past generation, and propose new directions for future work. Seventeen of the international field's leading scholars show how they work with each other's definition, or, sometimes, the lack of a definition. Of interest to students, scholars, and general readers alike, What is Religion? will provoke debate and provide insights into the state of the field.
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Preface Introduction The "Religion is..." Statements 1. Definition and the Politics of Semantic Drift: A Reply to Susan Henking I Agree, And Yes, I Do Not: A Response to Craig Martin 2. Complicating Classification: Cognitive Sciences Comes to Religion: A Reply to Jeppe Sinding Jensen Religion in Mind? But Where: In Here-or Our There? 3. Negotiating Critical and Constructive Scholarship in the Study of Religion: A Reply to Martin Kavka On Truth and Lie in a Religious-Studies Sense: A Response to Kurtis R. Schaeffer 4. Defining Temptation: A Reply to Anne Koch Religion-ing/religion*: Tempting Since Aesthetically Irresistible: A Response to Susan Henking 5. Is Judaism a Religion and Why Should We Care?: A Reply to Nicola Denzey Lewis Are World Religions "Religions"? What about Ancient "Religions"? A Response to Shaul Magid 6. Minding Our Manners in World Without the Gods: A Reply to Kathryn Lofton What I Think About: A Response to S. Brent Plate 7. The Circularity in Defining Religion: A Reply to Shaul Magid Colonialism, Monotheism, and Spirituality: A Response to Kocku von Stuckrad 8. The Semantic Subject: Religion and the Limits of Language: A Reply to Craig Martin Religion Is..., Not Like Science 9. Agreed: Religion Is Not a Thing-But Is It an Agent? A Reply to Malory Nye Religion, Capital, and Other 'Things' Which are Not Things: A Response to Nicola Denzey Lewis 10. Is (What Gets Called) Religion an Argument, Discourse, or Ideology: A Reply to Laurie L. Patton Now What? A Response to Malory Nye 11. Religion is..., What it Does: A Reply to Anthony B. Pinn Optics Matter: A Response to Jeppe Sinding Jensen 12. Religion is an Ever-Adapting Ecosystem of Objects: A Reply to S. Brent Plate Evolution, Technology, Art: A Reply to Anne Taves 13. Scripturalization as Management of Difference: A Reply to Kurtis R. Schaeffer Inside/Outside, Then/Now: A Response to Vincent L. Wimbush 14. Critical Voices, Public Debates: A Reply to Kocku von Struckrad The Accountability of Embedded Scholarship: A Response to Laurie L. Patto 15. Let's Talk About Reading: A Reply to Ann Taves A Reader's Guide to Worldviews and Ways of Life: A Response to Martin Kavka 16. Arguments Against the Textualization Regime: A Reply to Vincent L. Wimbush Refracting the Scriptural: A Response to Anne Koch 17. Mapping Religion-religion: A Reply to Laurie Zoloth What Do We Mean When We Say We Teach "Religion?": A Response to Anthony B. Pinn Appendix Definitions of Religion and Critical Comments
Les mer
"The book presents the reader with an original and innovative account of current approaches to, and controversies within, religious studies, gathering and interlinking multifaceted voices." -- Hannah Griese , Reading Religion
Les mer
Selling point: Offers a succinct sampling of definitions of religion used by scholars in debates regarding the study of religion Selling point: An international group of contributors provides a global survey of the field Selling point: Content covers a diverse number of subfields and specialties to show how the study of religion has been shaped by other disciplines
Les mer
Aaron W. Hughes is the Philip S. Bernstein Professor in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of sixteen books, twelve edited volumes, and over eighty articles and book chapters. Book titles include Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History; Shared Identities: Medieval and Modern Imaginings of Judeo-Islam; and From Seminary to University: An Institutional History of the Study of Religion in Canada. Russell T. McCutcheon is University Research Professor and long-time Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He writes widely on the history of the field and the practical implications of classification systems. He is the author of such books as Manufacturing Religion, Studying Religion: An Introduction, and On Making a Shift in the Study of Religion and Other Essays.
Les mer
Selling point: Offers a succinct sampling of definitions of religion used by scholars in debates regarding the study of religion Selling point: An international group of contributors provides a global survey of the field Selling point: Content covers a diverse number of subfields and specialties to show how the study of religion has been shaped by other disciplines
Les mer

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The book presents the reader with an original and innovative account of current approaches to, and controversies within, religious studies, gathering and interlinking multifaceted voices.

Hannah Griese, Reading Religion

Controversies over how to define the word "religion" have persisted for decades. It is a term of art and of academic study, but also one of governance, technologies, and of networks; it is a concept whose diversity is often its own worst enemy. "Religion" is as much a fuzzy set of conceptualizations and generalizations about a range of human activities as it is an authorizing system of persons, ideas, and practices. What is Religion?: Debating the Academic Study of Religion invites readers to eavesdrop on scholarly debates over the limits of, and uses for, a word commonly used but infrequently defined in a precise manner. This volume takes the temperature of the modern field of Religious Studies by inviting a diverse group of scholars to offer their own substantive contribution that builds on the shared opening prompt, "Religion is...". Their essays document the current state of the field and its various sub-fields, assess the progress that has been made over the past generation, and propose new directions for future work. Seventeen of the international field's leading scholars show how they work with each other's definition, or, sometimes, the lack of a definition. Of interest to students, scholars, and general readers alike, What is Religion? will provoke debate and provide insights into the state of the field.
Les mer
Preface Introduction The "Religion is..." Statements 1. Definition and the Politics of Semantic Drift: A Reply to Susan Henking I Agree, And Yes, I Do Not: A Response to Craig Martin 2. Complicating Classification: Cognitive Sciences Comes to Religion: A Reply to Jeppe Sinding Jensen Religion in Mind? But Where: In Here-or Our There? 3. Negotiating Critical and Constructive Scholarship in the Study of Religion: A Reply to Martin Kavka On Truth and Lie in a Religious-Studies Sense: A Response to Kurtis R. Schaeffer 4. Defining Temptation: A Reply to Anne Koch Religion-ing/religion*: Tempting Since Aesthetically Irresistible: A Response to Susan Henking 5. Is Judaism a Religion and Why Should We Care?: A Reply to Nicola Denzey Lewis Are World Religions "Religions"? What about Ancient "Religions"? A Response to Shaul Magid 6. Minding Our Manners in World Without the Gods: A Reply to Kathryn Lofton What I Think About: A Response to S. Brent Plate 7. The Circularity in Defining Religion: A Reply to Shaul Magid Colonialism, Monotheism, and Spirituality: A Response to Kocku von Stuckrad 8. The Semantic Subject: Religion and the Limits of Language: A Reply to Craig Martin Religion Is..., Not Like Science 9. Agreed: Religion Is Not a Thing-But Is It an Agent? A Reply to Malory Nye Religion, Capital, and Other 'Things' Which are Not Things: A Response to Nicola Denzey Lewis 10. Is (What Gets Called) Religion an Argument, Discourse, or Ideology: A Reply to Laurie L. Patton Now What? A Response to Malory Nye 11. Religion is..., What it Does: A Reply to Anthony B. Pinn Optics Matter: A Response to Jeppe Sinding Jensen 12. Religion is an Ever-Adapting Ecosystem of Objects: A Reply to S. Brent Plate Evolution, Technology, Art: A Reply to Anne Taves 13. Scripturalization as Management of Difference: A Reply to Kurtis R. Schaeffer Inside/Outside, Then/Now: A Response to Vincent L. Wimbush 14. Critical Voices, Public Debates: A Reply to Kocku von Struckrad The Accountability of Embedded Scholarship: A Response to Laurie L. Patto 15. Let's Talk About Reading: A Reply to Ann Taves A Reader's Guide to Worldviews and Ways of Life: A Response to Martin Kavka 16. Arguments Against the Textualization Regime: A Reply to Vincent L. Wimbush Refracting the Scriptural: A Response to Anne Koch 17. Mapping Religion-religion: A Reply to Laurie Zoloth What Do We Mean When We Say We Teach "Religion?": A Response to Anthony B. Pinn Appendix Definitions of Religion and Critical Comments
Les mer
"The book presents the reader with an original and innovative account of current approaches to, and controversies within, religious studies, gathering and interlinking multifaceted voices." -- Hannah Griese , Reading Religion
Les mer
Selling point: Offers a succinct sampling of definitions of religion used by scholars in debates regarding the study of religion Selling point: An international group of contributors provides a global survey of the field Selling point: Content covers a diverse number of subfields and specialties to show how the study of religion has been shaped by other disciplines
Les mer
Aaron W. Hughes is the Philip S. Bernstein Professor in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of sixteen books, twelve edited volumes, and over eighty articles and book chapters. Book titles include Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History; Shared Identities: Medieval and Modern Imaginings of Judeo-Islam; and From Seminary to University: An Institutional History of the Study of Religion in Canada. Russell T. McCutcheon is University Research Professor and long-time Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He writes widely on the history of the field and the practical implications of classification systems. He is the author of such books as Manufacturing Religion, Studying Religion: An Introduction, and On Making a Shift in the Study of Religion and Other Essays.
Les mer
Selling point: Offers a succinct sampling of definitions of religion used by scholars in debates regarding the study of religion Selling point: An international group of contributors provides a global survey of the field Selling point: Content covers a diverse number of subfields and specialties to show how the study of religion has been shaped by other disciplines
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780190064976
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
378

Redaktør
Hughes Aaron W.
McCutcheon, Russell T.

Biografisk notat

Aaron W. Hughes is the Philip S. Bernstein Professor in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of sixteen books, twelve edited volumes, and over eighty articles and book chapters. Book titles include Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History; Shared Identities: Medieval and Modern Imaginings of Judeo-Islam; and From Seminary to University: An Institutional History of the Study of Religion in Canada. Russell T. McCutcheon is University Research Professor and long-time Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He writes widely on the history of the field and the practical implications of classification systems. He is the author of such books as Manufacturing Religion, Studying Religion: An Introduction, and On Making a Shift in the Study of Religion and Other Essays.

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