Religion as the Transmission of An Authoritative Tradition: The Significance of Timothy Fitzgerald’s Critique of Religious Studies for a Socially Embedded Definition of Religion
Timothy Fitzgerald’s critique of the category “religion” was based on two main objections: the study of religion as a distinct discipline has grown out of the historical collusion with colonial interests that has culminated in the modern division between religion and the secular; by associating...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2020]
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| In: |
Implicit religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 22, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 331-348 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Fitzgerald, Timothy 1947-, The ideology of religious studies
/ Science of Religion
/ Atheology
/ Religion
/ Definition
/ Tradition
/ Authorization
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy |
| Further subjects: | B
non-theological
B Authority B Tradition B Transmission B identifiable communities B ownership of knowledge B working definition |
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