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Critics not caretakers : redescribing the public study of religion / Russell T. McCutcheon. - Princeton University Library Catalog
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Critics not caretakers : redescribing the public study of religion / Russell T. McCutcheon.
Author
McCutcheon, Russell T., 1961-
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Format
Book
Language
English
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dition
Second edition.
Published/Created
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
©2024
Description
xxxiii, 363 pages ; 25 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
BL41 .M348 2024
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Religion
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Study and teaching
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Summary note
"The essays collected together in Critics Not Caretakers argue that the study of religion must be rethought as an ordinary aspect of social, historical existence, a stance that makes the scholar of religion a critic of cultural and historical practices rather than a caretaker of religious tradition or a font of timeless wisdom and deep meaning. The book begins with several essays that outline the basis of an alternative, socio-rhetorical approach to studying religion, before moving on to a series of discrete dispatches from the ongoing theory wars, each of which uses the work of such writers as Karen Armstrong, Walter Burkert, Benson Saler, and Jacob Neusner as a point of entry into wider theoretical issues of importance to the field's future. The author then examines the socio-political role of this brand of critical scholarship-a role that differs dramatically from the type of sympathetic caretaking generally associated with scholars of religion who feel compelled to "go public." Concluding the work is a consideration of how scholars as teachers can address issues of theory, method, and critical thinking in a variety of undergraduate classrooms-the location where they have always been publicly accountable intellectuals. The new edition of this still read and, for some, controversial book preserves much of the original essays but includes new introductory commentaries across all of the chapters to demonstrate how little the field has changed since the volume was first published in 2001. Accordingly, the book continues to provide a viable alternative for those wanting to take a more critical approach to the study of religion"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781032467917 (hardcover)
1032467916 (hardcover)
9781032467924 (paperback)
1032467924 (paperback)
LCCN
2023025836
OCLC
1404060450
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