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Constructing 'Data' in Religious Studies
Constructing "Data" in Religious Studies provides a critical introduction to the ways in which the category "data" is understood, produced, and deployed in the discipline of religious studies. The volume is organized into four different sections, entitled "Subjects," "Objects," "Scholars," and "Inst...
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Hijacked
Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Fuhrding, Adrian Hermann
Whether intentionally or not much of our public discourse on religion involves a subtle, but incredibly powerful, distinction between "good" and "bad" religion. The implications of these labeling practices are far-reaching, indeed, for such judgments manifest in terms such as "fundamentalist," "radi...
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Religions of the World: Questions, Challenges, and New Directions
Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steven W. Ramey
Religions of the World: Questions, Challenges, and New Directions provides a critical introduction to the social, political, and cultural interests that inform how people describe and identify with religion. One of its goals is to provide a sense of methodological transp...