A Modest Proposal on Method
Author | : Russell T. McCutcheon |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2014-10-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004281417 |
ISBN-13 | : 900428141X |
Rating | : 4/5 (41X Downloads) |
Download or read book A Modest Proposal on Method written by Russell T. McCutcheon and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Modest Proposal on Method further documents methodological and institutional failings in the academic study of religion. This collection of essays—which includes three previously unpublished chapters—identifies the manner in which old problems (like the presumption that our object of study is a special, deeply meaningful case) yet remain in the field. But amidst the critique there are a variety of practical suggestions for how the science of religion can become methodologically even-handed and self-reflexive—the markings of a historically rigorous exercise. Each chapter is introduced and contextualized by a newly written, substantive introduction.