| A Modest Proposal on Method: Essaying the Study of Religion Approx 265 Pp. Edition Contributor(s): McCutcheon, Russell T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004281231 ISBN-13: 9789004281233 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $156.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | Education - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 200.71 |
| Series: Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (1.63 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Modest Proposal on Method further documents methodological and institutional failings in the academic study of religion. This collection of essays--which includes three previously unpublished chapters--identifies the manner in which old problems (like the presumption that our object of study is a special, deeply meaningful case) yet remain in the field. But amidst the critique there are a variety of practical suggestions for how the science of religion can become methodologically even-handed and self-reflexive--the markings of a historically rigorous exercise. Each chapter is introduced and contextualized by a newly written, substantive introduction. |