LEADER 03389cam a2200421 i 4500001 99130305758406421 005 20240725052624.0 008 230601t20242024enk b 001 0 eng^^ 010 2023025836 020 9781032467917 |qhardcover 020 1032467916 |qhardcover 020 9781032467924 |qpaperback 020 1032467924 |qpaperback 020 |z9781003383307 |qelectronic book 035 (OCoLC)on1404060450 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dOCLCL |dYDX 042 pcc 050 00 BL41 |b.M348 2024 082 00 200.71 |223/eng/20231016 100 1 McCutcheon, Russell T., |d1961- |eauthor. 245 10 Critics not caretakers : |bredescribing the public study of religion / |cRussell T. McCutcheon. 250 Second edition. 264 1 Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, NY : |bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, |c2024. 264 4 |c©2024 300 xxxiii, 363 pages ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "The essays collected together in Critics Not Caretakers argue that the study of religion must be rethought as an ordinary aspect of social, historical existence, a stance that makes the scholar of religion a critic of cultural and historical practices rather than a caretaker of religious tradition or a font of timeless wisdom and deep meaning. The book begins with several essays that outline the basis of an alternative, socio-rhetorical approach to studying religion, before moving on to a series of discrete dispatches from the ongoing theory wars, each of which uses the work of such writers as Karen Armstrong, Walter Burkert, Benson Saler, and Jacob Neusner as a point of entry into wider theoretical issues of importance to the field's future. The author then examines the socio-political role of this brand of critical scholarship-a role that differs dramatically from the type of sympathetic caretaking generally associated with scholars of religion who feel compelled to "go public." Concluding the work is a consideration of how scholars as teachers can address issues of theory, method, and critical thinking in a variety of undergraduate classrooms-the location where they have always been publicly accountable intellectuals. The new edition of this still read and, for some, controversial book preserves much of the original essays but includes new introductory commentaries across all of the chapters to demonstrate how little the field has changed since the volume was first published in 2001. Accordingly, the book continues to provide a viable alternative for those wanting to take a more critical approach to the study of religion"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Religion |xStudy and teaching. 650 6 Religion |xÉtude et enseignement. |0(CaQQLa)201-0029987 650 7 Religion |xStudy and teaching |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01093807 758 |ihas work:Critics not caretakers (Text) |1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGf7P3gHpHvwgm4Fp4CjVK |4https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork 910 |cG0601mon |d3110-08 |gYBP |h28465 914 (OCoLC)on1404060450 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240717 |eprocessed |f1404060450 980 20330046 |f28465 |i170.00 |j139.40 |n40032115588 982 |cf |q32101119728135