{"product_id":"fabricating-religion-fanfare-for-the-common-e-g-9783110559392","title":"Fabricating Religion: Fanfare for the Common e.g.","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e The revised essays collected here, four of which are published for the first time, continue a longstanding argument made by McCutcheon and others: that the study of religion would benefit from self-conscious scrutiny of its tools, the interests that may drive them, and the effects that might follow their use. The chapters examine a variety of contemporary sites in the modern field where this thesis can be argued, whether involving the anachronistic use of of the category \u003cem\u003ereligion\u003c\/em\u003e when studying the ancient world to current interest in so-called \u003cem\u003ecritical religion\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003ecritical realist\u003c\/em\u003e approaches. Moreover – contrary to some past characterizations of such critiques – a constructive way forward for the field is once again recommended and, at several sites, exemplified in detail: redescribing not only religion as something ordinary but also our tendency to create the impression of exceptional and thus set-apart things, places, and people. Aimed at scholars and students alike, the book is an invitation to examine our own scholarly practices and thereby take a more active role in shaping the field in which we carry out our work as scholars of this thing we call religion. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53516563513687,"sku":"9783110559392","price":71.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fabricating-religion-fanfare-for-the-common-e-g-9783110559392","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}