{"product_id":"fabricating-religion-fanfare-for-the-common-e-g-paperback","title":"Fabricating Religion: Fanfare for the Common E.G. - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussell T. McCutcheon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo detailed description available for \"Fabricating Religion\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRussell T. McCutcheon\u003c\/strong\u003e is a University Research Professor and the chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. Through a number of authored and edited or co-edited books - from \u003cem\u003eManufacturing Religion\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCritics Not Caretakers\u003c\/em\u003e to the \u003cem\u003eGuide to the Study of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStudying Religion: An Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e - he invites readers to crack open the academic study of religion and critically examine its presuppositions and methods, charting a rigorous course forward for the discipline. His ideas can also be engaged online at \u003cem\u003eThe Religious Studies Project\u003c\/em\u003e (www.religiousstudiesproject.com), \u003cem\u003eCulture on the Edge\u003c\/em\u003e (edge.ua.edu), and his own department's blog (religion.ua.edu\/blog). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50369017774317,"sku":"9783110676709","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/nM8ruegzww9783110676709.webp?v=1785423414","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/fabricating-religion-fanfare-for-the-common-e-g-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}