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Reinventing religious studies key writings in the history of a discipline / edited by Scott S. Elliott.
| Other author | Elliott, Scott S. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Durham, UK ; Bristol, CT : Acumen Pub., 2013. |
| Description | xv, 280 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Scott S. Elliott -- For such a time as this : the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion, 1969-2009 / Harold Remus -- Why a council on the study of religion? / Claude Welch -- Ironies / John F. Wilson -- Religious studies : the next vocation / Jacob Neusner -- Impressions from Wingspread : religious studies--the state of the art / Walter H. Capps -- History of religions / Ninian Smart -- The future of religious studies : moving beyond the mandate of the 1960s / Carl A. Raschke -- Naming the game : a question of the field / Charles Elliott Vernoff -- Neutrality in the study of religion / John H. Whittaker -- Assessing social-scientific theories of religion / Robert A. Segal -- Playing hardball in religious studies / Arvind Sharma -- The academic study of religion : a methodological reflection / Arvind Sharma -- Fending off the social sciences / Robert A. Segal -- Confessions of a former establishment fundamentalist / Robert N. Bellah -- Confessing away the soul with the sins, or the risks of Uncle Tomism among the humanists : a reply to Robert Bellah / James E. Dittes -- Criteria for organizing the introductory course in religion / James C. Livingston -- Teaching about religion at the state university : taking the issue seriously and strictly / Robert N. Minor and Robert D. Baird -- Teaching about religion at the state university : a reply / Julia Benton Mitchell and David B. Annis -- Teaching about religion at the religiously affiliated university : taking the issue seriously and strictly--a reply to Robert Baird and Robert Minor / Philip Boo Riley -- For the advancement of my career : a form critical study in the art of acknowledgment / Carol Christ and Judith Plaskow Goldenberg -- Women's studies in religion / Carol Christ -- The debut of the Bible as a pagan classic / John A. Miles, Jr. -- Bible and religion / Jonathan Z. Smith -- Contemporary socio-political change and the work of religious studies / Walter H. Capps -- The scholar of religion as a cultural critic : perspectives from Denmark / Tim Jensen -- What are the humanities and why do they matter? : the case of religion and public life / Gary Lease -- Response to Gary Lease's "What are the humanities, and why do they matter?" / Robert Hunt -- So, what are we professing here? : religion, the liberal arts, and civic life / Raymond B. Williams -- Response to Raymond B. Williams's "So, what are we professing here? Religion, the liberal arts, and civic life" / Heather Hartel -- Response to Raymond B. Williams's "So, what are we professing here? Religion, the liberal arts, and civic life" / Robert J. Stephens -- Response to Raymond B. Williams's "So, what are we professing here? Religion, the liberal arts, and civic life" / Forrest Clingerman -- Rejoinder / Raymond B. Williams -- Late capitalism arrives on campus : making and remaking the study of religion / Russell T. McCutcheon -- Religious studies and identity politics : mythology in the making / Darlene Juschka -- Toward an engaged religious studies / Brian E. Malley -- The study of religion under late capitalism, or commodity triumphant / Gustavo Benavides -- On the teaching of Islam in America / Richard C. Martin -- Reflections on teaching about September 11 / edited by Craig R. Prentiss. Terror and violence through Buddhist lenses / Stephen C. Berkwitz -- Teaching through tragedy / Patricia Zimmerman Beckman -- Teaching September 11 / Elizabeth McAlister -- Class on September 11 / Richard Salter -- Death and memory at Ground Zero : a historian of religion's report / Paul Christopher Johnson-- September 11, 2001 and Islam / Zayn Kassam. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012277564 |
| ISBN | 9781844656554 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1844656551 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781844656561 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 184465656X (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |