Modest reflections on the ambiguous future of the study of religion(s)
Reflection on the future study of religion(s) poses three questions: What is the definition of religion? What should study' mean in the academic discourse about religion? And how about its future as an independent discipline within the humanities? The first question brings about a critique of...
Subtitles: | Futures |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2020]
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In: |
Religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-89 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Science of Religion
/ Religion
/ Definition
/ Method
/ Ambiguity
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IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion |
Further subjects: | B
Definition
B Identity B 4IR B The study of religion(s) |
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Summary: | Reflection on the future study of religion(s) poses three questions: What is the definition of religion? What should study' mean in the academic discourse about religion? And how about its future as an independent discipline within the humanities? The first question brings about a critique of the conceptual definition of religion and the true purpose of the study of religion(s) in wholistic human formation. The second suggests a departure from the monotone of a European and North American model of study.' And the third encourages self-conscious and tolerance of the ambiguous and ambivalent identity of the study and moving towards more active engagements in the era of the 4IR. |
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ISSN: | 1096-1151 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2019.1681104 |