Burton Mack’s Challenge to the Study of Religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12202129 |
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| Authors | Willi Braun (0000-0001-7343-3964, Professor Emeritus, History, Classics & Religious Studies, University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 401-408 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-09 |
| 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 | 10.1163/15700682-bja10097 |
| OpenAlex | W4313897458 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Burton Mack was the most influential and, perhaps, controversial scholar of the Christian bible and Christian origins of his generation. He exposed the conventional story of Christian origins as a myth that needed to be studied not on its own terms but in terms of a general theory of religion that would be useful also in the study of religions other than Christianity. This article provides a brief summary of the main features of Mack’s work for readers who are not familiar with it. Its purpose is also to be a setup for a set of essays that engage Mack in their own areas of specialization in the study of religion
Christianity · Epistemology · Mythology · Sociology · Theology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Study and Philosophy of Religion · Religious Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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