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6. Of Concepts and Entities: Varieties of Critical Scholarship
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Russell T. McCutcheon
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements VII
- Contents IX
- Introduction: On Fabricating Religion 1
- 1. The Category “Religion” in Recent Publications: Twenty Years Later 11
- 2. “It’s (Not) Easy if You Try:” The Challenge to Imagine No Religion 33
- 3. A Question (Still) Worth Asking about The Religions of Man 43
- 4. “Man is the Measure of All Things:” On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History of Religions 55
- 5. Identifying the Meaning and End of Scholarship: What’s at Stake in Muslim Identities 79
- 6. Of Concepts and Entities: Varieties of Critical Scholarship 95
- 7. Historicizing the Elephant in the Room 121
- 8. The Magic of the Melancholy: Shifting Gears in the Study of Religion 141
- 9. Fanfare for the Common e.g.: On the Strategic Use of the Mundane 161
- Author Index 181
- Subject Index 185
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements VII
- Contents IX
- Introduction: On Fabricating Religion 1
- 1. The Category “Religion” in Recent Publications: Twenty Years Later 11
- 2. “It’s (Not) Easy if You Try:” The Challenge to Imagine No Religion 33
- 3. A Question (Still) Worth Asking about The Religions of Man 43
- 4. “Man is the Measure of All Things:” On The Fabrication of Oriental Religions by European History of Religions 55
- 5. Identifying the Meaning and End of Scholarship: What’s at Stake in Muslim Identities 79
- 6. Of Concepts and Entities: Varieties of Critical Scholarship 95
- 7. Historicizing the Elephant in the Room 121
- 8. The Magic of the Melancholy: Shifting Gears in the Study of Religion 141
- 9. Fanfare for the Common e.g.: On the Strategic Use of the Mundane 161
- Author Index 181
- Subject Index 185
