Chastening and Disciplining Comparison: Bruce Lincoln and Oliver Freiberger on the Comparative Method in the Study of Religion

The article reviews two recent books on comparison in the study of religion authored by prominent scholars. Long out of vogue, comparison now must be defended as a or even the central methodology for religious studies. Both philology and critical theory have collaborated to undermine the universalis...

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Main Author: Yelle, Robert A. 1966- (Author)
Contributors: Lincoln, Bruce 1948- (Bibliographic antecedent) ; Freiberger, Oliver 1967- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 482-490
Review of:Apples and oranges (Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018) (Yelle, Robert A.)
Considering comparison (New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019) (Yelle, Robert A.)
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
Further subjects:B Book review
B Comparison
B Religious Studies
B Oliver Freiberger
B Bruce Lincoln
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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