1st Edition

Identity and the Politics of Scholarship in the Study of Religion

240 Pages

by Routledge

240 Pages

by Routledge

240 Pages

by Routledge

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The relationship of a scholar's identity to the scholarship he or she produces is a central concern in the academy and this volume is the first attempt to approach the special problems it presents for religious studies.

INTRODUCTION, José Ignacio Cabezón, Sheila Greeve Davaney; Chapter 1 BETWEEN IDENTITY AND FOOTNOTES, Sheila Greeve Davaney; Chapter 2 IDENTITY AND THE WORK OF THE SCHOLAR OF RELIGION, José Ignacio Cabezón; Chapter 3 RELIGIOUS IDENTITY AND THE STUDY OF BUDDHISM, Francisca Cho; Chapter 4 FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTNOTES OF THE APOSTLE PAUL, Pamela Eisenbaum; Chapter 5 NEITHER HERE NOR THERE: CROSSING BOUNDARIES, BECOMING INSIDERS, REMAINING CATHOLIC; Chapter 6 RELIGIOUS IDENTITY, SCHOLARSHIP, AND TEACHING RELIGION, Rita M. Gross; Chapter 7 BALANCING ACTS: NEGOTIATING THE ETHICS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND IDENTITY, Tazim R. Kassam; Chapter 8 POST-HOLOCAUST JEWISH IDENTITY AND THE ACADEMY: ON TRAVELING THE DIASPORA AND THE EXPERIENCE OF THE DOUBLE STANDARD, Marc H. Ellis; Chapter 9 BEING JOHN WOODROFFE: SOME MYTHICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE POSTCOLONIAL STUDY OF HINDU TANTRA, Jeffrey J. Kripal; Chapter 10 IDENTITY AS AN INTELLECTUAL PROBLEM, Kwasi Wiredu; INDEX;