Fieldnotes in the Critical Study of Religion: Revisiting Classical Theorists (Critiquing Religion: Discourse, Culture, Power)

Newton, Richard

ISBN 10: 135025164X / ISBN 13: 9781350251649

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fieldnotes in the Critical Study of Religion: Revisiting Classical Theorists (Critiquing Religion: Discourse, Culture, Power)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 135025164X
• ISBN 13: 9781350251649
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book introduces students to the so-called classics of the field from the 19th and 20th centuries, whilst challenging readers to apply a critical lens. Instead of representing scholars and their works as virtually timeless, each contributor provides sufficient background on the classic work in question so that readers not only understand its novelty and place in its own time, but are able to arrive at a critical understanding of whether its approach to studying religion continues to be useful to them today. Scholars discussed include Muller, Durkheim, Freud and Eliade. Fieldnotes in the Critical Study of Religion: Revisiting Classical Theorists therefore offers a novel way into writing both a history and ethnography of the discipline, helping readers to see how it has changed and inviting them to consider what—if anything—endures and thereby unites these diverse authors into a common field.

About the Authors

Richard Newton is Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, USA.

Craig Martin is Professor of Religious Studies, St. Thomas Aquinas College, USA.

Vaia Touna is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA.