Reinventing religious studies key writings in the history of a discipline /

Reinventing religious studies key writings in the history of a discipline / [Texte imprimé] : edited by Scott S. Elliott - Durham : Acumen, 2013 - 1 vol. (280 p.) ; 24 cm

Bibliogr. p. 253-264

For such a time as this : the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion, 1969-2009 / Why a council on the study of religion? / Ironies / Religious studies : the next vocation / Impressions from Wingspread : religious studies--the state of the art / History of religions / The future of religious studies : moving beyond the mandate of the 1960s / Naming the game : a question of the field / Neutrality in the study of religion / Assessing social-scientific theories of religion / Playing hardball in religious studies / The academic study of religion : a methodological reflection / Fending off the social sciences / Confessions of a former establishment fundamentalist / Confessing away the soul with the sins, or the risks of Uncle Tomism among the humanists : a reply to Robert Bellah / Criteria for organizing the introductory course in religion / Teaching about religion at the state university : taking the issue seriously and strictly / Teaching about religion at the state university : a reply / Teaching about religion at the religiously affiliated university : taking the issue seriously and strictly--a reply to Robert Baird and Robert Minor / For the advancement of my career : a form critical study in the art of acknowledgment / Women's studies in religion / The debut of the Bible as a pagan classic / Bible and religion / Contemporary socio-political change and the work of religious studies / The scholar of religion as a cultural critic : perspectives from Denmark / What are the humanities and why do they matter? : the case of religion and public life / Response to Gary Lease's "What are the humanities, and why do they matter?" / So, what are we professing here? : religion, the liberal arts, and civic life / Response to Raymond B. Williams's "So, what are we professing here? Religion, the liberal arts, and civic life" / Response to Raymond B. Williams's "So, what are we professing here? Religion, the liberal arts, and civic life" / Response to Raymond B. Williams's "So, what are we professing here? Religion, the liberal arts, and civic life" / Rejoinder / Late capitalism arrives on campus : making and remaking the study of religion / Religious studies and identity politics : mythology in the making / Toward an engaged religious studies / The study of religion under late capitalism, or commodity triumphant / On the teaching of Islam in America / Reflections on teaching about September 11 / Terror and violence through Buddhist lenses / Teaching through tragedy / Teaching September 11 / Class on September 11 / Death and memory at Ground Zero : a historian of religion's report / September 11, 2001 and Islam / Scott S. Elliott -- Harold Remus -- Claude Welch -- John F. Wilson -- Jacob Neusner -- Walter H. Capps -- Ninian Smart -- Carl A. Raschke -- Charles Elliott Vernoff -- John H. Whittaker -- Robert A. Segal -- Arvind Sharma -- Arvind Sharma -- Robert A. Segal -- Robert N. Bellah -- James E. Dittes -- James C. Livingston -- Robert N. Minor and Robert D. Baird -- Julia Benton Mitchell and David B. Annis -- Philip Boo Riley -- Carol Christ and Judith Plaskow Goldenberg -- Carol Christ -- John A. Miles, Jr. -- Jonathan Z. Smith -- Walter H. Capps -- Tim Jensen -- Gary Lease -- Robert Hunt -- Raymond B. Williams -- Heather Hartel -- Robert J. Stephens -- Forrest Clingerman -- Raymond B. Williams -- Russell T. McCutcheon -- Darlene Juschka -- Brian E. Malley -- Gustavo Benavides -- Richard C. Martin -- edited by Craig R. Prentiss. Stephen C. Berkwitz -- Patricia Zimmerman Beckman -- Elizabeth McAlister -- Richard Salter -- Paul Christopher Johnson-- Zayn Kassam Introduction /

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