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This volume takes as its object not religion as such but a set of
interventions that raised to scholarly consciousness some of the
intellectual problems and political stakes in the representation of
religion. Its point of departure is Wilfred Cantwell Smith's early
critique of European and North American productions of 'religion'
as an object of knowledge. Selections take up something of the form
and consequences of Smith's argument as the task of making explicit
the historically determined status of religion's use as a category
for describing and differentiating humans, their behaviors and
social practices. Thematic links are made between classic
interventions in Religious Studies and related fields of critical
inquiry (including essays by Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes, Joan
Wallach Scott, and Jonathan Z. Smith) and their contemporary
interlocutors. Framed innovatively by the themes of cultural and
scholarly mapping, the critique of texts and textuality, and
sexualized, racialized, and gendered constructions of the body,
with each section prefaced by original contributions from leading
scholars in the field (e.g. Amy Hollywood and Burton Mack),
Readings in the Theory of Religion will prove indispensable to
students and scholars in every sub-field of critical and cultural
studies of religion.
"Reinventing Religious Studies" offers readers an opportunity to
trace the important trends and developments in Religious Studies
over the last forty years. Over this time the study of religion has
been transformed into a critical discipline informed by a wide
range of perspectives from sociology to anthropology, politics to
material culture, and economics to cultural theory. "Reinventing
Religious Studies" brings together key writings which have helped
shape scholarship, teaching and learning in the field. All the
essays are drawn from the CSSR Bulletin, a provocative,
occasionally irreverent, and always critical journal which has long
been at the centre of debates in Religious Studies. This collection
will prove invaluable for students and scholars of theory and
method in Religious Studies. It offers readers a unique opportunity
to understand the history of key issues in the study of religion
and what remains central to the study of religion today.
Scott S. Elliott reconsiders the autobiographical statements Paul
makes throughout his letters (particularly Philippians 3:4b-6;
Romans 7:14-25; 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 and 2 Corinthians 12:1-10) in
light of the theoretical work of Roland Barthes. Elliott draws
particularly on Barthes' later poststructuralist writings, many of
which touch either directly or indirectly on self-narration (e.g.,
Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes, Mourning Diary, Camera Lucida,
and A Lover's Discourse: Fragments). These provide fruitful
dialogue partners with which Elliott can interrogate and examine
Paul's own writings and consider the ways in which Paul saw himself
and how the application of this theory can yield a greater
understanding of Paul's letters.
"Reinventing Religious Studies" offers readers an opportunity to
trace the important trends and developments in Religious Studies
over the last forty years. Over this time the study of religion has
been transformed into a critical discipline informed by a wide
range of perspectives from sociology to anthropology, politics to
material culture, and economics to cultural theory. "Reinventing
Religious Studies" brings together key writings which have helped
shape scholarship, teaching and learning in the field. All the
essays are drawn from the CSSR Bulletin, a provocative,
occasionally irreverent, and always critical journal which has long
been at the centre of debates in Religious Studies. This collection
will prove invaluable for students and scholars of theory and
method in Religious Studies. It offers readers a unique opportunity
to understand the history of key issues in the study of religion
and what remains central to the study of religion today.
This volume takes as its object not religion as such but a set of
interventions that raised to scholarly consciousness some of the
intellectual problems and political stakes in the representation of
religion. Its point of departure is Wilfred Cantwell Smith's early
critique of European and North American productions of 'religion'
as an object of knowledge. Selections take up something of the form
and consequences of Smith's argument as the task of making explicit
the historically determined status of religion's use as a category
for describing and differentiating humans, their behaviors and
social practices. Thematic links are made between classic
interventions in Religious Studies and related fields of critical
inquiry (including essays by Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes, Joan
Wallach Scott, and Jonathan Z. Smith) and their contemporary
interlocutors. Framed innovatively by the themes of cultural and
scholarly mapping, the critique of texts and textuality, and
sexualized, racialized, and gendered constructions of the body,
with each section prefaced by original contributions from leading
scholars in the field (e.g. Amy Hollywood and Burton Mack),
Readings in the Theory of Religion will prove indispensable to
students and scholars in every sub-field of critical and cultural
studies of religion.
Inspired by and engaging with the provocative and prolific work of
Stephen D. Moore, Bible and Theory showcases some of the most
current thinking emerging at the intersections of critical methods
with biblical texts. The result is a plurality of readings that
deconstruct customary disciplinary boundaries. These chapters,
written by a wide range of biblical scholars, collectively argue by
demonstration for the necessity and benefits of biblical criticism
inflected with queer theory, literary criticism, postmodernism,
cultural studies, and more. Bible and Theory: Essays in Biblical
Interpretation in Honor of Stephen D. Moore invites the reader to
rethink what constitutes the Bible and to reconsider what we are
doing when we read and interpret it.
Scott S. Elliott reconsiders the autobiographical statements Paul
makes throughout his letters (particularly Philippians 3:4b-6;
Romans 7:14-25; 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 and 2 Corinthians 12:1-10) in
light of the theoretical work of Roland Barthes. Elliott draws
particularly on Barthes' later poststructuralist writings, many of
which touch either directly or indirectly on self-narration (e.g.,
Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes, Mourning Diary, Camera Lucida,
and A Lover's Discourse: Fragments). These provide fruitful
dialogue partners with which Elliott can interrogate and examine
Paul's own writings and consider the ways in which Paul saw himself
and how the application of this theory can yield a greater
understanding of Paul's letters.
As readers, we are captivated by the resemblance of literary
characters to actual persons. But it is precisely this illusion
that allows characterization to play host to dominant ideologies of
both 'literature' and 'the self'. This is especially true when we
confuse narrative figures and historical persons. Over the last
thirty years, New Testament narrative criticism has developed into
a major methodological approach in Biblical Studies. But for all
its ingenuity and promise, it has been reluctant to let go of
conventional historical-critical moorings. As a result, one is hard
pressed to find any substantive difference between reconstructions
of the historical Jesus and narrative-critical readings of the
character Jesus. Reconfiguring Mark's Jesus endeavors to reorient
and advance narrative criticism by analysing the Gospel of Mark's
characterization of the figure of Jesus in relation to three other
fundamental aspects of narrative discourse: focalization, dialogue,
and plot. This intertextual reading, in which Mark is set alongside
two ancient novels-Leucippe and Clitophon and the Life of
Aesop-problematizes implicitly modern notions of literary
characters as autonomous 'agents', as well as 'naturalizing'
treatments of literary characters as historical referents.
Highlighting the inherent ambiguity of narrative discourse,
particularly with regard to referentiality, human agency, and the
complex relationship between literature and history, Reconfiguring
Mark's Jesus illustrates the diverse and complex ways that
narratives, of necessity, produce fragmented characters that
refract the inherent paradoxes of narrative itself and of human
subjectivity.
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