02566nam 2200541 a 450 991081055370332120230617040628.00-19-534715-31-4237-5678-9(CKB)1000000000413468(StDuBDS)AH24083062(SSID)ssj0000176182(PQKBManifestationID)11165645(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176182(PQKBWorkID)10206328(PQKB)10855960(MiAaPQ)EBC4702676(EXLCZ)99100000000041346820040903e20041999 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe ideology of religious studies[electronic resource] /Timothy FitzgeraldNew York ;Oxford Oxford University Press2004Originally published: 1999.0-19-516769-4 Arguing that the concept of religion should be abandoned, Fitzgerald maintains that the so-called study of religions is really a barely disguised form of liberal ecumenical theology, on the basis of his own research in Japan and India.In recent years there has been an intensifying debate within the religious studies community about the validity of religion as an analytical category. In this book Fitzgerald sides with those who argue that the concept of religion itself should be abandoned. On the basis of his own research in India and Japan, and through a detailed analysis of the use of religion in a wide range of scholarly texts, the author maintains that the comparative study of religion is really a form of liberal ecumenical theology. By pretending to be a science, religion significantly distorts socio-cultural analysis. He suggest, however, that religious studies can be re-represented in a way which opens up new and productive theoretical connections with anthropology and cultural and literary studies.ReligionStudy and teachingReligion - GeneralHILCCReligionHILCCPhilosophy & ReligionHILCCElectronic books.lcshReligionStudy and teaching.Religion - GeneralReligionPhilosophy & Religion200.7Fitzgerald Timothy1947-1648053StDuBDSStDuBDSUkPrAHLSBOOK9910810553703321The ideology of religious studies3995954UNINA