On the subject of religion : charting the fault lines of a field of study / edited by James Dennis LoRusso.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

LoRusso, James Dennis, editor.

Series:

NAASR working papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Study and teaching.

Religion.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Smith, Jonathan Z--Influence.

Smith, Jonathan Z.

Physical Description:

vi, 231 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2022.

Summary:

"On the Subject of Religion takes as its inspiration the work of the late Jonathan Z. Smith, who challenged scholars to be mindful of the ways in which they imagine religion and religious data. Building on this crucial insight, this book brings together a range of early-career and established scholars of religion to explore how various domains of society-the classroom, academic literature, public debates, and private fundraising-shape, and are shaped, by the contours of the academic study of religion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Teaching the Field

1. On the Grammar of Teaching Religious Studies / Leslie Dorrough Smith

Responses

2. Can't Live with it, Can't Drop it from the Undergraduate Curriculum: World Religions / Jacob Barrett

3. Practicing Theory / Ian Alexander Cuthbertson

4. The Gaze from Somewhere: Teaching Situated Writing about Religion / Leonie C. Geiger

5. Weaponizing Religious Literacy: "Religioning" as Revitalizing the Field or Reinforcing Neoliberal Values? / Martha Smith Roberts

pt. II The History of the Field

6. The Enduring Presence of Our Pre-Critical Past; or, Same as it Ever Was, Same as it Ever Was / Russell T. Mccutcheon

7. The Vocation of a Scientist of Religion / D. Jamil Grimes

8. Historicizing Endurance / Andrew Durdin

9. Intercepted Dispatches: A Speculative History of the Future of Religious Studies / Rebekka King

pt. III The Role and Influence of Private Funding in the Field

10. Private Money and the Study of Religions: Problems, Perils, and Possibilities / Gregory D. Alles

11. Drugs, Dog Chow, and Dharma / Michael J. Altman

12. Between Wittgenstein and Zuckerberg: Selling the Academic Study of Religion in a Buyer's Market / John W. Mccormack

13. Religious Studies: A Pawn in the Culture Wars / Natalie Avalos

pt. IV International Perspectives on the Field

14. International Perspectives on/in the Field / Rosalind I.J. Hackett

15. Field of Dreams: What Do NAASR Scholars Really Want? / Wesley J. Wildman

16. The Benefit of Comparison / Vaia Touna

17. "Developing" the Field / Yasmina Burezah.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: On the subject of religion

ISBN:

9781800502284

1800502281

9781800502291

180050229X

OCLC:

1343204193

Publisher Number:

99993105094