“The Field, at the Moment, Is Up for Redefinition”: Twenty Five Years of Manufacturing Religion
Reflecting on the shape of the current field, this essay argues for the continued relevance for Manufacturing Religion, a book first published in 1997; describing the conditions of its writing, publication, and reception, it provides a variety of current examples to illustrate that the critique of s...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2023
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Année: 2023, Volume: 35, Numéro: 2/3, Pages: 260-279 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
McCutcheon, Russell T. 1961-, Manufacturing religion
/ Réception <scientifique>
/ Science des religions
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AA Sciences des religions |
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manufacturing religion
B sui generis religion B Religion B Social formation B Rhetoric |
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| Résumé: | Reflecting on the shape of the current field, this essay argues for the continued relevance for Manufacturing Religion, a book first published in 1997; describing the conditions of its writing, publication, and reception, it provides a variety of current examples to illustrate that the critique of scholarship that conceives of religion as a unique or deeply personal experience, one that defies explanation and merely requires understanding or even appreciation, continues to be an important critical tool in the contemporary study of religion. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-bja10088 |