On the Subject of Religion
On the Subject of Religion How is religion depicted in the academic study of religion? Do the practical needs of students align or conflict with the theoretical concerns of scholars? How do private…
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On the Subject of Religion
How is religion depicted in the academic study of religion? Do the practical needs of students align or conflict with the theoretical concerns of scholars? How do private donors selectively privilege certain descriptions of religion, and to what ends?
Previous volumes in the NAASR Working Papers series have made critical reflections on key domains such as theory, method, data, and categories. To what extent do answers to these questions reveal shared challenges or fault lines across the field of study? On the Subject of Religion takes a step back to consider syncretically how religion is imagined or invented through several lenses.
On the Subject of Religion takes as its inspiration the work of the late Jonathan Z. Smith, who challenged scholars to be mindful of the ways in which they imagine religion and religious data. Building on this crucial insight, this book brings together
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