“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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1. VerfasserIn: McCutcheon, Russell T. 1961- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2023
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Jahr: 2023, Band: 35, Heft: 2/3, Seiten: 260-279
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B McCutcheon, Russell T. 1961-, Manufacturing religion / Rezeption / Religionswissenschaft
IxTheo Notationen:AA Religionswissenschaft
weitere Schlagwörter:B manufacturing religion
B sui generis religion
B Religion
B Social formation
B Rhetoric
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1570-0682
Enthält:Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700682-bja10088