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Do you practice the critical study of religion?

Authors :
Schilbrack, Kevin
Source :
Religion. Oct2024, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p706-726. 21p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The term 'critical' has become ubiquitous in academia these days. It is always a term of praise, but, for many in the academic study of religion, being critical also provides a marker that distinguishes the kind of scholarship that belongs in the academy from the non-academic approaches that do not belong there. Over the past few hundred years, however, the term has been used to identify very different virtues. In this paper, I distinguish five broad senses of the term. I explain what is distinctive about each one, and I identify tensions generated between them. I close with my own proposal that one can combine all five senses of critique in a single coherent academic field, and that this integrated vision would be the best approach for the academic study of religion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0048721X
Volume :
54
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Religion
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
180116546
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2024.2388436