Key Categories in the Study of Religion

Contexts and Critiques

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Key Categories in the Study of Religion builds upon the groundwork laid by previous NAASR Working Papers titles in order to bring us full circle to the symbiotic relationship between context and critique. This volume assembles diverse sets of data to consider pertinent categories in which critique occurs. By looking at intentionally disparate case studies, the volume centers on four key contextual categories which stand at the heart of the academic study of religion: Citizenship and Politics, Class and Economy, Gender and Sexuality, and Race and Ethnicity. The contributors to this volume explore questions concerning how scholars construct such categories and/or critique scholars who do? Who decides how to approach the critical study of these topics? What impact does the context of a scholar's research have on the means and method of a given critique? Using these enquiries as a starting point, Key Categories in the Study of Religion investigates the ways that method, theory, and data are mobilized via context as the primary impetus for critical analysis. Each section begins with an orienting essay that explores its category. These introductory chapters include: i) an analysis of the construction of categories in academic literature; ii) an argument either advocating or critiquing scholarship carried out in that vein; and iii) an exploration of its implications for the study of religion. Each chapter is followed by four responses authored by scholars intentionally selected to highlight diverse contexts: subjects, fields, and methods. They extend the orienting essay's conclusions by offering novel analysis vis-a-vis their own scholarly expertise and subject matter. These chapters underscore instances of both congruence and difference to further refine our understanding of possible forms of critique relevant to each category.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-07-26
Mått156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt389 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieWorking Papers
Antal sidor246
FörlagEquinox Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781781799666

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Contents Introduction: Critique in Context 1 Rebekka King Part I Citizenship and Politics 1 Paper Terrorism: Religion, Paperwork, and the Contestation of State Power in the “Sovereign Citizen” Movement 9 Michael J. McVicar 2 The Rohingya, Buddhism, and the Category “Religion” 31 Tenzan Eaghll 3 Citizenship, Religion, and the Frailty of State Sovereignty 42 Daniel Miller 4 The Material Production of Otherworldly Citizenship: From Paper to Digital Files to Bodies 55 Lauren Horn Griffin 5 Paper Terrorism as Counter-Conduct 67 Michael J. McVicar Part II Race and Ethnicity 6 Signifying “Der Rassist” in Religious Studies and the Axes of Social Difference 73 Richard Newton 7 Of Dualisms and Doppelgängers: Mapping Ancient Minds and Bodies in Religious Studies 92 Robyn Faith Walsh 8 Dark S(k)in: Two Versions of Newton’s Crimen Oscuro 100 Rudy V. usto 9 Reworking our Schemes 104 Craig R. Prentiss 10 That’s a Racist Question: Interrogating Racism in the Study of American Religions 112 Martha Smith Roberts 11 The Trope Has Been Set: Race and Religion as Critical Entanglement 123 Richard Newton Part III Gender and Sexuality 12 This Field Which Is Not One/The Body Is Smart: Rethinking Theory in the Study of Religion 135 Megan Goodwin 13 A Happy Headache 146 Emily D. Crews 14 Addressing Gender Parity in Critical Pedagogy 151 Tara Baldrick-Morrone 15 The “Muscle Jew” and Maccabean Heroism of the Jewish Legion during World War I 156 Tim Langille 16 “There is No Place for the State in the Bedrooms of the Nation”: The Case of Québec’s Bill 21 162 Jennifer A. Selby Part IV Class and Economy 17 Regulating Religion to Maintain the Status Quo 179 Suzanne Owen 18 A Gramscian Inversion: Hegemony in Theory and in Practice 187 Thomas J. Carrico, Jr. 19 The Druid Network as a Capitalist Success Story: or, Why The Druid Network’s Charity Status is Beside the Point 197 Neil George 20 Who’s Afraid of Class Analysis? Rethinking Identity and Class in the Study of Religion 204 James Dennis LoRusso 21 Definition, Comparison, Critique 213 Johan Strijdom 22 The Public Good Requirement 220 Suzanne Owen Index 227

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