On Finding Common Ground

A (Very Brief) Reflection on a So What? Question

Authors

  • Nickolas P. Roubekas University of Vienna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.36868

Keywords:

Classification, Theory, ancient religions, postmodernism

Abstract

This is a brief reply to Sarah Rollens' piece.

Author Biography

  • Nickolas P. Roubekas, University of Vienna

    Nickolas P. Roubekas is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Previously he held a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of South Africa as a member of the research project ‘Redescribing Graeco-Roman Antiquity,’ a teaching fellowship at the University of Aberdeen, U.K., and a research fellowship at the North-West University, South Africa. He has published articles and book reviews in various journals and is the author of Αναζητώντας τους Θεούς: Θρησκεία, Μύθος, Ουτοπία στον Ευήμερο τον Μεσσήνιο (Vanias, 2011) and An Ancient Theory of Religion: Euhemerism from Antiquity to the Present (Routledge, 2017). His research focuses on the Graeco-Roman world, method and theory in the study of religion, and the disciplinary intersection of Religious Studies, Classics, and Ancient History.

References

Barton, Carlin A. and Daniel Boyarin. 2016. Imagine No Religion: How Modern Abstractions Hide Ancient Realities. New York: Fordham University Press. https://doi.org.10.2307/j.ctt1dfnt8f.

Hughes, Aaron W., ed. 2016. Theory in a Time of Excess: Beyond Reflection and Explanation in Religious Studies Scholarship. Sheffield: Equinox.

Lewis, Thomas A. 2015. Why Philosophy Matters for the Study of Religion—and Vice Versa. New York: Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744740.001.0001

McCutcheon, Russell T. 2003. The Discipline of Religion: Structure, Meaning, Rhetoric. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203451793.

Nongbri, Brent. 2013. Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept. New Haven: Yale University Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300154160.001.000

Rollens, Sarah E. 2018. “If Discourse is All There Is: On Studying Religion in the Ancient Context.”?Bulletin for the?Study of Religion 47 ?(2):?8–10. https//doi.org/10.1558/bsor.36359

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Published

2018-09-24

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Roubekas, N. (2018). On Finding Common Ground: A (Very Brief) Reflection on a So What? Question. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 47(2), 10-11. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.36868