Method Today - Redescribing Approaches to the Study of Religion - Brad Stoddard

Method Today - Redescribing Approaches to the Study of Religion - Brad Stoddard

11. In Pursuit of a Pushier Study of Those Words we Like to Put in Quotes

Method Today - Redescribing Approaches to the Study of Religion - Brad Stoddard

Neil George [+-]
York University
Neil George is a doctoral candidate (ABD) in the Humanities at York University. His research focuses on discourses of science, religion, and the secular.

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Goldenberg’s “pushier critique” rightly places an emphasis on the importance of ‘governance’ for understanding the category ‘religion’ in various historical and geographical locations. It is not clear, however, that “institutions of government” play a major role in constructing and maintaining ‘religion,’ or that either “vestigial states” or ‘violence’ are as central for theorizing ‘religion’ as has been suggested.

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George, Neil. 11. In Pursuit of a Pushier Study of Those Words we Like to Put in Quotes. Method Today - Redescribing Approaches to the Study of Religion. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 119-127 Sep 2018. ISBN 9781781795682. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=34429. Date accessed: 11 Dec 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.34429. Sep 2018

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