“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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 35, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 260-279 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
McCutcheon, Russell T. 1961-, Manufacturing religion
/ Reception
/ Science of Religion
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IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion |
Further subjects: | B
manufacturing religion
B sui generis religion B Religion B Social formation B Rhetoric |
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Summary: | 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 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-bja10088 |