{"product_id":"key-categories-in-the-study-of-religion-contexts-and-critiques-9781781799659","title":"Key Categories in the Study of Religion: Contexts and Critiques","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKey Categories in the Study of Religion builds upon the groundwork laid by previous NAASR Working Papers titles in order to bring us full circle to the symbiotic relationship between context and critique. This volume assembles diverse sets of data to consider pertinent categories in which critique occurs. By looking at intentionally disparate case studies, the volume centers on four key contextual categories which stand at the heart of the academic study of religion: Citizenship and Politics, Class and Economy, Gender and Sexuality, and Race and Ethnicity. The contributors to this volume explore questions concerning how scholars construct such categories and\/or critique scholars who do? Who decides how to approach the critical study of these topics? What impact does the context of a scholar's research have on the means and method of a given critique? Using these enquiries as a starting point, Key Categories in the Study of Religion investigates the ways that method, theory, and data are mobilized via context as the primary impetus for critical analysis. Each section begins with an orienting essay that explores its category. These introductory chapters include: i) an analysis of the construction of categories in academic literature; ii) an argument either advocating or critiquing scholarship carried out in that vein; and iii) an exploration of its implications for the study of religion. Each chapter is followed by four responses authored by scholars intentionally selected to highlight diverse contexts: subjects, fields, and methods. They extend the orienting essay's conclusions by offering novel analysis vis-a-vis their own scholarly expertise and subject matter. These chapters underscore instances of both congruence and difference to further refine our understanding of possible forms of critique relevant to each category.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction Rebekka King  Part 1: Citizenship  2. Paper Terrorism: Religion, Paperwork, and the Contestation of State Power in the “Sovereign Citizen” Movement  Michael J. McVicar, Florida State University 3.The Rohingya, Buddhism, and the Category “Religion”  Tenzan Eaghll, Mahidol University, Thailand 4. Citizenship, Religion, and the Frailty of State Sovereignty: A Response to Michael McVicar  Daniel Miller, Landmark College, Vermont 5. The Material Production of Otherworldly Citizenship: From Paper to Digital Files to Bodies Lauren Horn Griffin, University of Alabama 6. Response: Paper Terrorism as Counter-Conduct Michael J. McVicar Part 2: Race  7. Signifying “Der Rassist” in Religious Studies and the Axes of Social Difference  Richard Newton, University of Alabama 8. Of Dualisms and Doppelgängers: Mapping Ancient Minds and Bodies in Religious Studies (A Response to Richard Newton) Robyn Faith Walsh, University of Miami 9. “Dark S(kin): Two Versions of Newton’s crimen oscuro” Rudy V. Busto, University of California, Santa Barbara 10. Reworking our Schemes: Some Thoughts on Richard Newton’s Paper, “Signifying ‘Der Rassist’ in Religious Studies and the Axes of Social Difference  Craig R. Prentiss, Rockhurst University, Missouri 11. That’s a Racist Question: Interrogating Racism in the Study of American Religions  Martha Smith Roberts, Fullerton College, California 12. The Trope Has Been Set: Race and Religion as Critical Entanglement  Richard Newton Part 3: Gender  13.“This Field Which Is Not One \/ The Body Is Smart: Rethinking Theory in the Study of Religion”  Megan Goodwin, Northeastern University  14. A Happy Headache Emily D. Crews, University of Chicago Divinity School 15. Addressing Gender Parity in Critical Pedagogy Tara Baldrick-Morrone, Wake Forest University 16. The ‘Muscle Jew’ and Maccabean Heroism of the Jewish Legion during WWI  Tim Langille, Arizona State University 17. “There is No Place for the State in the Bedrooms of the Nation” or A response to Goodwin’s Gender\/Religion Lens: The Case of Québec’s Bill 21  Jennifer A. Selby, Memorial University of Newfoundland  Part 4: Class  18. Regulating Religion to Maintain the Status Quo Suzanne Owen, Leeds Trinity University 19.  A Gramscian Inversion: Hegemony in Theory and in Practice  Tommy Carrico, Florida State University  20. The Druid Network as a Capitalist Success Story: or, Why The Druid Network’s Charity Status is Beside the Point  Neil George, York University 21. Who’s Afraid of Class Analysis? Rethinking Identity and Class in the Study of Religion  James Dennis LoRusso, Princeton University 22. Definition, Comparison, Critique: A Response to Suzanne Owen on Economy, Class, and Religion  Johan Strijdom, University of South Africa  23. Response  Suzanne Owen","brand":"Equinox Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53516074418519,"sku":"9781781799659","price":67.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/key-categories-in-the-study-of-religion-contexts-and-critiques-9781781799659","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}