| A Modest Proposal on Method: Essaying the Study of Religion Contributor(s): McCutcheon, Russell (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004362177 ISBN-13: 9789004362178 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | History - Religion | Christianity - General |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.80 lbs) 265 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 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. |