Is There Room for Theory in the Study of Religion?
A Question Revisited
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https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.39920Keywords:
religious studies, theory, methodAbstract
This editor's introduction presents this issue of the Bulletin, while raising an important question: Is there room for theory in religious studies? Offers an overview and critique of current trends in theorizing religion.
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———. 1997. Ritual: Perspective and Dimensions. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
———. 1998. “Performance.” In Critical Terms for Religious Studies. Edited by Mark C. Taylor, 205–24. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Berger, Peter, and Thomas Luckmann. 1967. The Social Construction of Reality. New York: Anchor Press.
Blumer, Herbert. 1969. Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. https://doi.org/10.2307/2574696.
Foucault, Michel. 1994 [1970; French 1966]. The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences. New York: Vintage.
Harré, Rom. 1992. “What’s Real in Psychology: A Plea for Persons.” Theory and Psychology 2.2: 153-58.
Harré, Rom, and Luk van Langenhove, editors. 1992. Positioning Theory: Moral Contexts of Intentional Action. Oxford: Blackwell.
———. 1999. “Varieties of Positioning.” Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 20: 393–407.
Harré, Rom, and Nikki Slocum. 2003. “Disputes as Complex Social Events: On the Uses of Positioning Theory.” Common Knowledge 9 (1): 100–18. https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754x-9-1-100.
Mack, Burton L. 2000. “Social Formation.” In The Guide to the Study of Religion. Edited by Willi Braun and Russell T. McCutcheon, 283–96. London: Cassell.
Mennell, Stephen. 1998. “The Formation of We-Images: A Process Theory.” In Social Theory and the Politics of Identity. Edited by Craig Calhoun, 175–97. Oxford: Blackwell.
Schaefer, Donovan O. 2015. Religious Affects: Animality, Evolution and Power. Durham: Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.12378.
Stausberg, Michael, and Steven Engler. 2016. “Theories of Religion.” In The Handbook of the Study of Religion. Edited by Michael Stausberg and Steven Engler, 52–72. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfx053.
Rebillard, Éric. 2012. Christians and Their Many Identities in Late Antiquity, North Africa, 200–450 CE. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0038713413004090.
Thomlinson, John. 2000. “Proximity Politics.” Information, Communication & Society 3 (3): 402-14.
Tite, Philip L. 2003. “Is There Room for Theory in Religious Studies?” ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University 31: 1-12.
Torre, Andre, and Alain Rallet. 2005. “Proximity and Localization." Regional Studies 39 (1): 47-59.
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2019-11-11
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Tite, P. (2019). Is There Room for Theory in the Study of Religion? A Question Revisited. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 48(1-2), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.39920
