The Educator Must Be Educated
The Study of Religion at the End of the Humanities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12201822 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Day (0000-0002-2683-4279, 1Department of Religion, Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-1520, Email: [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Method & Theory in the Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0943-3058 • E-ISSN: 1570-0682 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/094330510x12604383550846 |
| OpenAlex | W2021636192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This editorial begins with the premise that the liberal arts are in serious trouble. More to the point, it argues that recent attempts assign responsibility for this state of affairs to “postmodernism” naively ignores long-term economic trends. The humanities cannot be saved by just turning over a new leaf and making them more “scientific.” In fact, when it comes to the academic study of religion, the dream of an evolutionary or cognitive “science” of religion may represent a step backwards by virtue of re-introducing sui generis religion
Dream · Epistemology · Higher education · Humanities · Liberal arts education · Political science · Postmodernism · Premise · Sociology · State (computer science · The arts · Virtue · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Education and Schools · Study and Philosophy of Religion
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |