{"product_id":"why-study-religion-hardcover","title":"Why Study Religion? - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard B. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan the study of religion be justified? Scholarship in religion, especially work in \"theory and method,\" is preoccupied with matters of research procedure and thus inarticulate about the goals that motivate scholarship in the field. For that reason, the field suffers from a crisis of rationale. Richard B. Miller identifies six prevailing methodologies in the field, and then offers an alternative framework for thinking about the purposes of the discipline. Shadowing these various methodologies, he notes, is a Weberian scientific ideal for studying religion, one that aspires to value-neutrality. This ideal fortifies a \"regime of truth\" that undercuts efforts to think normatively and teleologically about the field's purpose and value. Miller's alternative framework, Critical Humanism, theorizes about the ends rather than the means of humanistic scholarship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy Study Religion?\u003c\/em\u003e offers an account of humanistic inquiry that is held together by four values: Post-critical Reasoning, Social Criticism, Cross-cultural Fluency, and Environmental Responsibility. Ordered to such purposes, Miller argues, scholars of religion can relax their commitment to matters of methodological procedure and advocate for the value of studying religion. The future of religious studies will depend on how well it can articulate its goals as a basis for motivating scholarship in the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard B. Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Religion, Politics, and Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eFriends and Other Strangers: Studies in Religion, Ethics, and Culture, \u003c\/em\u003e and the award-winning \u003cem\u003eInterpretations of Conflict: Ethics, Pacifism, and the Just-War Tradition\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCasuistry and Modern Ethics: A Poetics of Practical Reasoning\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eTerror, Religion, and Liberal Thought. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.28 x 9.51 x 6.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 24, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727959953471,"sku":"9780197566817","price":114.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0877e261f3805b913abbbd48ce2cbdcb.webp?v=1765116735","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/why-study-religion-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}