On the Subject of Religion

Charting the Fault Lines of a Field of Study

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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How is religion depicted in the academic study of religion? How do private donors selectively privilege certain descriptions of religion, and to what ends? Do the practical needs of students align or conflict with the theoretical concerns of scholars? To what extent do answers to these questions reveal shared challenges or fault lines across the field of study? Previous volumes in the NAASR Working Papers series have made critical reflections on key domains such as theory, method, data, and categories. 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 a range of early-career and established scholars of religion to explore how various domains of society--the classroom, academic literature, public debates, and private fundraising--shape, and are shaped, by the contours of the academic study of religion.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-10-04
Mått155 x 233 x 16 mm
Vikt698 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieWorking Papers
Antal sidor238
FörlagEquinox Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781800502291

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Table of ContentsIntroductionPatchwork or Mosaic? The Fabric of Religious Studies, 1-7 James Dennis LoRussoPart I: Teaching the Field1. On the Grammar of Teaching Religious Studies 11-31, Leslie Dorrough Smith2. Response: Can’t Live with It, Can’t Drop It from the Undergraduate Curriculum: World Religions 32-39, Rita Lester, Jacob Barrett3. Response: Practicing Theory 40-50, Ian Alexander Cuthbertson4. Response: The Gaze from Somewhere: Teaching Situated Writing about Religion 51-60, Leonie Geiger5. Response: Weaponizing Religious Literacy: “Religionizing” as Revitalizing the Field or Reinforcing Neoliberal Values? 61-73 Martha Smith RobertsPart II: The History of the Field6. The Enduring Presence of Our Pre-Critical Past; or, Same As it Ever Was, Same As it Ever Was 77-93, Russell T. McCutcheon7. Response: The Vocation of a Scientist of Religion 94-106, D. Jamil Grimes8. Response: Historicizing Endurance 107-120, Andrew Durdin9. Response: Intercepted Dispatches: A Speculative History of the Future of Religious Studies 121-129, Rebekka KingPart III: The Role and Influence of Private Funding in the Field10. Private Money and the Study of Religions: Problems, Perils, and Possibilities 133-149, Gregory D. Alles11. Response: Drugs, Dog Chow, and Dharma 150-153, Michael J. Altman12. Response: Between Wittgenstein and Zuckerberg: Selling the Academic Study of Religion in a Buyer’s Market 154-163, John W. McCormack13. Response: Religious Studies: A Pawn in the Culture Wars 164-171, Natalie AvalosPart IV: International Perspectives on the Field14. International Perspectives on/in the Field 175-194, Rosalind I.J. Hackett15. Response: Field of Dreams: What Do NAASR Scholars Really Want? 195-207, Fount LeRon Shults, Wesley J. Wildman16. Response: The Benefit of Comparison 208-216, Vaia Touna17. Response: “Developing” the Field 217-223, Yasmina BurezahEnd MatterIndex 225-231

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