After World Religions: Reconstructing Religious Studies (Religion in Culture)

Cotter, Christopher R; Robertson, David G.

ISBN 10: 1138919128 / ISBN 13: 9781138919129

Published by Routledge, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: After World Religions: Reconstructing Religious Studies (Religion in Culture)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138919128
• ISBN 13: 9781138919129
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The World Religions Paradigm has been the subject of critique and controversy in Religious Studies for many years. After World Religions provides a rationale for overhauling the World Religions curriculum, as well as a roadmap for doing so. The volume offers concise and practical introductions to cutting-edge Religious Studies method and theory, introducing a wide range of pedagogical situations and innovative solutions. An international team of scholars addresses the challenges presented in their different departmental, institutional, and geographical contexts. Instructors developing syllabi will find supplementary reading lists and specific suggestions to help guide their teaching. Students at all levels will find the book an invaluable entry point into an area of ongoing scholarly debate.

About the Author

Christopher R. Cotter is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Religious Studies Project and Co-Director of the Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network, as well as Honorary Treasurer of the British Association for the Study of Religions.

David G. Robertson is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Religious Studies Project and Bulletin Editor for the British Association for the Study of Religion. He teaches at the University of Edinburgh, UK.