After We Deconstruct ‘Religion,’ Then What? A Case for Critical Realism
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Some scholars of religion have turned their attention from religion to “religion” and have then deconstructed the conceptual category, arguing that the concept of religion is an invention of the scholar that corresponds to nothing. In Schilbrack (2012), I used the work of Tim Fitzgerald to identify what such arguments get right and what they get wrong. In the present reply to Fitzgerald, I make a case for critical realism as a methodological stance for the study of religion that can learn from deconstructive approaches without abandoning the concept.
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Fitzgerald Timothy Response to Kevin Schilbrack. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 2013 25 1 101 106
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After We Deconstruct ‘Religion,’ Then What? A Case for Critical Realism
In: Method & Theory in the Study of ReligionSearch for other papers by Kevin Schilbrack in
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Abstract
Some scholars of religion have turned their attention from religion to “religion” and have then deconstructed the conceptual category, arguing that the concept of religion is an invention of the scholar that corresponds to nothing. In Schilbrack (2012), I used the work of Tim Fitzgerald to identify what such arguments get right and what they get wrong. In the present reply to Fitzgerald, I make a case for critical realism as a methodological stance for the study of religion that can learn from deconstructive approaches without abandoning the concept.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 687 | 91 | 16 |
| Full Text Views | 245 | 9 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 179 | 25 | 8 |