{"product_id":"fieldnotes-in-the-critical-study-of-religion-9781350251656","title":"Fieldnotes in the Critical Study of Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book introduces students to the so-called classics of the field from the 19th and 20th centuries, whilst challenging readers to apply a critical lens.  Instead of representing scholars and their works as virtually timeless, each contributor provides sufficient background on the classic work in question so that readers not only understand its novelty and place in its own time, but are able to arrive at a critical understanding of whether its approach to studying religion continues to be useful to them today. Scholars discussed include Muller, Durkheim, Freud and Eliade. \u003ci\u003e Fieldnotes in the Critical Study of Religion: Revisiting Classical Theorists \u003c\/i\u003etherefore offers a novel way into writing both a history and ethnography of the discipline, helping readers to see how it has changed and inviting them to consider whatif anythingendures and thereby unites these diverse authors into a common field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book represents the field’s historical richness and curiosities like no other. 13 modern scholars of religion are in conversation with a partner from the field’s past; the engagements are sometimes contrary, often celebratory, and always insightful. The volume is a model of how to read the founders and ancestors of the critical study of religion. * Willi Braun, Professor Emeritus of Religion, University of Alberta, Canada *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a much-needed book. Those of us who teach theory and method courses face an annual dilemma: should we teach the classics in the field, and, if so, how best to do so? This book steers us ably through the shoals by offering approaches to these earlier works that both acknowledge their contribution but also dismantle their problematic, often colonialist, assumptions and approaches. * Adele Reinhartz, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada *\u003cbr\u003eWe stand not on the shoulders of giants, but of people who asked many of the same questions that we do today. \u003ci\u003eFieldnotes in the Critical Study of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e is a constructive reassessment of our scholarly forebears that shows us that even if their answers no longer satisfy, the issues they addressed are still topical. * David G. Robertson, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, The Open University, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors Preface: Taking \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e in the \u003ci\u003eField \u003c\/i\u003eof Religious Studies: Critical Methods, \u003ci\u003eVaia Touna (The University of Alabama, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e Introduction: Revisiting the Past…, Again, \u003ci\u003eAaron W. Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRussell T. McCutcheon (The University of Alabama, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 1. Friedrich Max Muller, \u003ci\u003eBrent Nongbri \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway)\u003c\/i\u003e 2. William James, \u003ci\u003eEmily Clark (Gonzaga University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Edward B. Tylor, \u003ci\u003eMitsutoshi Horii (Shumei University, Japan)\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Joseph Kitagawa, \u003ci\u003eChristopher M. Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Washburn University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. James Frazer, \u003ci\u003eKrista Dalton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Kenyon College in Gambier, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Wilfred Cantwell Smith, \u003ci\u003eEdith Szanto (The University of Alabama, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Sigmund Freud, \u003ci\u003eRobyn Walsh (University of Miami, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Gerardus van der Leeuw, \u003ci\u003eTenzan Eaghll (Mahidol University, Thailand)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Rudolf Otto, \u003ci\u003eMartha Smith Roberts (Fullerton College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Carl Jung, Lauren Griffin 11. Bronislaw Malinowski, \u003ci\u003eBrett Esaki\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(University of Arizona, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Mircea Eliade, \u003ci\u003eJoseph Winters (Duke University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Max Weber, \u003ci\u003eAndrew Tobolowsky (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollege of William and Mary, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e Afterword: Revisiting Classics and Plotting Futures for the Field of Religious Studies, \u003ci\u003eRichard Newton\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(The University of Alabama, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738610512215,"sku":"9781350251656","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350251656.jpg?v=1720049645","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fieldnotes-in-the-critical-study-of-religion-9781350251656","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}