“Yes, ... but ...”: The Neo-Perennialists
This essay argues that despite their opposition to perennialism, a number of recent scholars inadvertently repeat some of the problematic gestures of perennialism. These scholars are attempting to push the field forward after poststructuralist critiques of religious studies, particularly regarding t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 29, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 313-326 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Philosophia perennis
/ Faith
/ Religious experience
/ Phenomenology of religion
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Perennialism
neo-perennialism
religious experience
belief
phenomenology of religion
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| Summary: | This essay argues that despite their opposition to perennialism, a number of recent scholars inadvertently repeat some of the problematic gestures of perennialism. These scholars are attempting to push the field forward after poststructuralist critiques of religious studies, particularly regarding the varieties of essentialism that have plagued the field. However, their account of “religion” ends up looking, at least in some respects, little different from the pre-critical, essentialist, and ahistorical accounts of religion that were regnant prior to the wave of poststructuralist critiques of religious studies. To some extent we appear to be back to where we started. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Reference: | Kommentar in "The Place of Subjectivity in the Academic Study of Religion: A Response to Craig Martin (2017)"
Kommentar in "Religion and Belief After the Turn to Power: A Response to Craig Martin (2017)" Kommentar in "Comparison and the Spectre of Perennialism: A Reply to Craig Martin (2017)" |
| Contains: | In: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341396 |