Theology and Genealogies of Religious Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8201734 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christiaan Jacobs-Vandegeer (Australian Catholic University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-25 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jaarel/lfac022 |
| OpenAlex | W4210261851 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
In its relatively short life, the discipline of religious studies has issued several challenges to theology. The currency of genealogical strategies in the study of religion changes the nature of the disciplinary contest because these strategies challenge both disciplines to account for their normative dimensions. In this article, I show how different scholars and theologians typically negotiate the relationship between theology and genealogies of religion by closing off historicist inquiries in directions that either reduce or preserve the analytic value of the discourses of religion. These two options (either/or) cross disciplinary boundaries and relativize matters of belief and unbelief. Drawing on Robert Orsi’s work, I argue for a third option, which opens the study of religion and theology to competing presences, and distinguishes, as Bruno Latour does, the procedures of multiplying networks of actors from composing a common world. This third option suggests a freer, more collaborative vision of academic life
CONTEST · Currency · Discipline · Epistemology · Historicism · Negotiation · Normative · Problematization · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Value (mathematics) · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Study and Philosophy of Religion
The Limits of Critique
Intimations of the Finite
Religion
The Forgotten Moralist
Why Philosophy Matters for the Study of Religion—and Vice Versa
Critics Not Caretakers
Christianity and World Religions
The Ideology of Religious Studies
Reassembling the Social
Politics of Piety
Genealogies of Religion
The Social Construction of “Religion” and Its Limits
After We Deconstruct ‘Religion,’ Then What? A Case for Critical Realism
A Response to Kevin Schilbrack
The "So-Called History" of the Study of Religion
Seriously, What Does "Taking Religion Seriously" Mean
The Invention of World Religions
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |