Abstract
The future of the study of religion/s must be actively envisioned and pursued. In the aftermath of the deconstruction of ‘religion’ and the idea of ‘secularization’ as imbued with a Western teleology, it is necessary to rethink and reconfigure the study of religion/s against a global horizon. In this essay I propose that we should move out of the unproductive Religious Studies-Theology binary and frame our work in the midst of the humanities. A new mindset is needed for scholarly research on religion, and to achieve this I point at the new vistas arising from a transregional and pluralistic outlook.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 113-121 |
| Journal | Religion |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 28 Oct 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Special Issue on “The Future of the Study of religion/s”, ed. by Steven Engler and Michael Stausberg (2020)Keywords
- Transregional research
- plurality
- Africa
- Europe