Failed Theory, Cynicism, and the Study of Religion
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https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.30952Keywords:
study of religion in Europe, theory of religion, doctoral programsAbstract
An afterword to the essays responding to Russell T. McCutcheon's "Beyond Cynicism: A Sampling of Current Work in the Swiss Study of Religion".
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Beutter, Anne. 2017. “On Becoming a Lucid Theoretical Dreamer. Reflections on Academic Work Venturing Outside its Local Knowledge System.” Bulletin for the Study of Religion 46(1):17–19. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.31008.
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Beutter, Anne. 2017. “On Becoming a Lucid Theoretical Dreamer. Reflections on Academic Work Venturing Outside its Local Knowledge System.” Bulletin for the Study of Religion 46(1):17–19. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.31008.
Erb, Beneditkt. 2017. “Rethinking Islamkritik: Notes of a Hazy German Debate.” Bulletin for the Study of Religion 45(1): 14–17. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.30993.
Gill, Sam. 1994. “The Academic Study of Religion.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 62: 965–75. https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LXII.4.965
Horyna, Bretislav. 2011. Kritik der religionswissenschaftlichen Vernunft: Plädoyer für eine empirisch fundierte Theorie und Methodologie. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Koselleck, Reinhart. 2002. The Practice of Conceptual History: Timing History, Spacing Concepts. Translated by Todd Samuel Presner. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
———. 2004. Futures Past: On the Semantics of Historical Time. Translated and with an introduction by Keith Tribe. New York: Columbia University Press.
Lyotard, Jean-François. 1984. The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. Translated by Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Stausberg, Michael. 2009. “There is Life in the Old Dog Yet.” In Contemporary Theories of Religion: A Critical Companion, edited by Michael Stausberg, 1–21. London: Routledge.
White, Hayden. 1973. Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Published
2017-04-18
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How to Cite
Kirsch, A. (2017). Failed Theory, Cynicism, and the Study of Religion. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 46(1), 19-22. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.30952
