A Modest Proposal on Method (Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion) - Softcover

McCutcheon Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9004362177 ISBN 13: 9789004362178

Publisher: BRILL, 2018

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Russell T. McCutcheon is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. Onetime editor of Brill's journal, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion (MTSR), he has written or edited/co-edited a wide variety of books and resources on the practice of the study of religion.

Edition details

• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 9004362177
• ISBN 13: 9789004362178
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 265