8 Reinventing the Study of Religion in Alabama: An Overview

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Preface XI
4. Acknowledgments XIII
5. Sources XV
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I Current State
8. 1 The Enduring Presence of Our Pre-Critical Past 11
9. Part II Critical Shift
10. 2 Classification Matters or, Why You Should Care About Scholarship on the Category Religion 63
11. 3 Shifting From Experience to the Discourse on Experience 76
12. 4 “There’s No Original in This Business” 96
13. 5 What Happens After the Deconstruction? 111
14. Part III Institutional Implications
15. 6 Theses on Creating Successful Religion Programs in an Anti-Humanities Age 119
16. 7 Growth, Identity, and Branding: An Interview with Religious Studies News 123
17. 8 Reinventing the Study of Religion in Alabama: An Overview 138
18. 9 Learning to Code: Digital Pebbles and Institutional Ripples 148
19. 10 On Making a Shift in the Study of Religion 167
20. Afterword: Five Examples 189
21. Index 204