“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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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2023
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Jahr: 2023, Band: 35, Heft: 2/3, Seiten: 260-279 |
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McCutcheon, Russell T. 1961-, Manufacturing religion
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-bja10088 |