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Writing Religion - The Case for the Critical Study of Religions (Hardcover, 3)
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Writing Religion - The Case for the Critical Study of Religions (Hardcover, 3)
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Writing Religion: The Case for the Critical Study of Religions is a
collection of outstanding essays on wide-ranging aspects of
religious studies by well-known scholars, delivered as part of the
University of Alabama's annual Aronov Lectures. In 2002, the
University of Alabama's Department of Religious Studies established
the annual Aronov Lecture Series to showcase the works of
nationally recognized scholars of religion capable of reflecting on
issues of wide relevance to scholars from across the humanities and
social sciences. Writing Religion: The Case for the Critical Study
of Religions is an edited collection of essays that highlights
critical contributions from the first ten Aronov lecturers. Section
one of the volume, "Writing Discourses," features essays by
Jonathan Z. Smith, Bruce Lincoln, and Ann Pellegrini that
illustrate how critical study enables the analysis of discourses in
society and history. Section two, "Riting Social Formations,"
includes pieces by Arjun Appad urai, Judith Plaskow, and Nathan
Katz that reference both the power of rites to construct society
and the act of riting as a form of disciplining that both
prescribes and proscribes. The writings of Tomoko Masu zawa,
Amy-Jill Levine, Aaron W. Hughes, and Martin S. Jaffee appear in
section three, "Righting the Discipline." They emphasize the
correction of movements within the academic study of religion.
Steven W. Ramey frames the collection with a thoughtful introduc
tion that explores the genesis, development, and diversity of
critical analysis in the study of religion. An afterword by Russell
McCutcheon reflects on the critical study of religion at the
University of Alabama and rounds out this superb collection. The
mission of the Department of Religious Studies is to "avoid every
ten dency toward confusing the study of religion with the practice
of religion." Instruction about-rather than in-religion is
foundational to the depart ment's larger goal of producing
knowledge of the world and its many practices and systems of
beliefs. Infused with this spirit, these fascinating essays, which
read like good conversations with learned friends, offer sig
nificant examples of each scholar's work. Writing Religion will be
of value to graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and
scholars interested in the study of religion from a critical
perspective.
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