The Ideology of Religious Studies: The Ideology of Religious Studies
by
Fitzgerald
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
The Ideology of Religious Studies
ISBN-10
0195167694
ISBN-13
9780195167696
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 11th, 2004
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
446 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.40 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Religion: general
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There has been a debate within the religious studies community about the validity of religion as an analytical category. Through an analysis of the use of religion in a range of scholarly texts, the author maintains that the comparative study of religion is really a form of liberal ecumenical theology.
In recent years there has been an intensifying debate within the religious studies community about the validity of religion as an analytical category. In this book Fitzgerald sides with those who argue that the concept of religion itself should be abandoned. On the basis of his own research in India and Japan, and through a detailed analysis of the use of religion in a wide range of scholarly texts, the author maintains that the comparative study of religion is really a form of liberal ecumenical theology. By pretending to be a science, religion significantly distorts socio-cultural analysis. He suggest, however, that religious studies can be re-represented in a way which opens up new and productive theoretical connections with anthropology and cultural and literary studies.
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