Randall Styers
Biographic Data
| ID | 1372955 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Randall Styers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Randall |
| FAMILY NAME | Styers |
| SIGNATURE | STYERS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Religion and cultural theory
This article examines the resources offered by various forms of critical cultural theory for the study of religion. It then briefly explores the turn to religion by a range of recent cultural theorists
Mana and Mystification: Magic and Religion at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Mana and Mystification:Magic and Religion at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Randall Styers (bio) The modern study of comparative religion emerged as a field of academic inquiry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as European intellectuals began to analyze the mass of new data about ritual and belief from around the globe arriving in the metropole through circuits of trade, conquest, and empire. The founding figures of this new…
Postcolonial Theory and the Study of Christian History
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Capital Punishment, Atonement, and the Christian Right
randall styers is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World (Oxford University Press, 2004
Making Magic: Religion, Magic and Science in the Modern World
Since the emergence of religious studies and the social sciences as academic disciplines in the late nineteenth century, the concept of "magic" has played a major role in defining religion and in mediating religion's relation to science. Many of the most important scholars in these disciplines have debated the relation of magic to religion and science, yet traditional efforts to formulate distinctions among these categories have proved notoriousl…
Responses and rejoinders. Liberal values and the public classroom: A response to Stephen H. Webb
Journal Article Responses and rejoinders. Liberal values and the public classroom: a response to Stephen H. Webb Get access RG Styers RG Styers Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 70, Issue 1, March 2002, Pages 159–168, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaar/70.1.159 Published: 01 March 2002
Mana and Mystification: Magic and Religion at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Mana and Mystification:Magic and Religion at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Randall Styers (bio) The modern study of comparative religion emerged as a field of academic inquiry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as European intellectuals began to analyze the mass of new data about ritual and belief from around the globe arriving in the metropole through circuits of trade, conquest, and empire. The founding figures of this new…
Responses and rejoinders. Liberal values and the public classroom: A response to Stephen H. Webb
Journal Article Responses and rejoinders. Liberal values and the public classroom: a response to Stephen H. Webb Get access RG Styers RG Styers Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 70, Issue 1, March 2002, Pages 159–168, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaar/70.1.159 Published: 01 March 2002
Making Magic: Religion, Magic and Science in the Modern World
Since the emergence of religious studies and the social sciences as academic disciplines in the late nineteenth century, the concept of "magic" has played a major role in defining religion and in mediating religion's relation to science. Many of the most important scholars in these disciplines have debated the relation of magic to religion and science, yet traditional efforts to formulate distinctions among these categories have proved notoriousl…
Capital Punishment, Atonement, and the Christian Right
randall styers is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World (Oxford University Press, 2004
Postcolonial Theory and the Study of Christian History
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Mana and Mystification: Magic and Religion at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Mana and Mystification:Magic and Religion at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Randall Styers (bio) The modern study of comparative religion emerged as a field of academic inquiry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as European intellectuals began to analyze the mass of new data about ritual and belief from around the globe arriving in the metropole through circuits of trade, conquest, and empire. The founding figures of this new…
Religion and cultural theory
This article examines the resources offered by various forms of critical cultural theory for the study of religion. It then briefly explores the turn to religion by a range of recent cultural theorists
Sociology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Religious studies (2 works)