1st Edition

Identity and the Politics of Scholarship in the Study of Religion

Edited By Jose Cabezon, Sheila Greeve Davaney Copyright 2004
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    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;

    Biography

    José Ignacio Cabezón