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Linell E. Cady
and Delwin Brown
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction 1
- The Study of Religion as an Anthropology of Credibility 13
- Why “Theology”Won’t Work 31
- Our Subject “Over There”? Scrutinizing the Distance Between Religion and Its Study 45
- Other People’s Theologies: The New Hubris of History of Religions 65
- Embodied Theology 81
- From Theology to theology: The Place of “God-Talk” in Religious Studies 93
- Territorial Disputes: Religious Studies and Theology in Transition 110
- Academic Theology in the University or Why an Ex-Queen’s Heir Should Be Made a Subject 126
- Rethinking Theology and Religious Studies 140
- Religious Studies and the Alienation of Theology 155
- The Place of Academic Theology in the Study of Religion from the Perspective of Liberal Education 172
- The Epistemic Publicity of Academic Black Theology 187
- Theology and Cultural Contest in the University 199
- Bibliography 213
- Contributors 225
- Index 229
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction 1
- The Study of Religion as an Anthropology of Credibility 13
- Why “Theology”Won’t Work 31
- Our Subject “Over There”? Scrutinizing the Distance Between Religion and Its Study 45
- Other People’s Theologies: The New Hubris of History of Religions 65
- Embodied Theology 81
- From Theology to theology: The Place of “God-Talk” in Religious Studies 93
- Territorial Disputes: Religious Studies and Theology in Transition 110
- Academic Theology in the University or Why an Ex-Queen’s Heir Should Be Made a Subject 126
- Rethinking Theology and Religious Studies 140
- Religious Studies and the Alienation of Theology 155
- The Place of Academic Theology in the Study of Religion from the Perspective of Liberal Education 172
- The Epistemic Publicity of Academic Black Theology 187
- Theology and Cultural Contest in the University 199
- Bibliography 213
- Contributors 225
- Index 229