| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 317 pages) |
| Contents |
Chapter Introduction -- part PART I Genealogy of credibility -- chapter 1 Form, content, and the treasury of devices -- chapter 2 God's people defending their ivory towers: reassessing the study of religion's emergence in the U.S -- Reassessing the study of religion's emergence in the U.S. -- chapter 3 Autonomy, unity, and crisis -- Rhetoric and the invention of a discipline -- chapter 4 Classification and the dog's breakfast -- The American Academy of Religion's research interest survey -- part PART II Techniques of dominance -- chapter 5 The good, the bad, and the ugly -- Looking past the violence of cults and fanatics -- chapter 6 Alienation, apprenticeship, and the crisis of academic labor -- chapter 7 "Like small bumps on the back of the neck ..." -- The problem of evil as something ordinary -- chapter 8 The jargon of authenticity and the study of religion -- part PART III Reworking the residue from our imperfect past -- chapter 9 Methods, theories, and the terrors of history -- Closing the Eliadean era with some dignity -- chapter 10 The perfect past and the irony of narrative -- Bruce Lincoln's Theorizing Myth -- chapter 11 "Religion" and the citizen's unrequited desires -- Chips from the religion industry's workshop -- chapter 12 "Religion" and the governable self |
| Summary |
This volume is a critical journey through religious studies in the 21st century, looking at its growth as an academic discipline, and its contemporary political and social meaning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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Print version record |
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Religion -- Study and teaching.
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Electronic books.
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e-books.
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RELIGION -- Education.
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Religion -- Study and teaching
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Godsdienstwetenschap.
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Vakbeoefening.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203451791 |
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9780203451793 |
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0203451791 |
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9780415274906 |
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0415274907 |
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9780415274890 |
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0415274893 |
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1134478003 |
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9781134478002 |
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1280022795 |
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9781280022791 |
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0203460383 |
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9780203460382 |
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1134477996 |
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9781134477999 |
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