Fabricating Religion
Subtitle: A Fanfare for the Common
Publisher: De Gruyter, Inc.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9783110559392
Subjects: Religion and sociology
Description: "In this new collection of essays, McCutcheon continues his argument for the strategic ways in which scholars develop categories in making sense of the world. Not content with critique, he suggests a way forward, involving seeing not just religion as a routine aspect of social life, but seeing the act of classifying part of the world as unique, necessary, and especially meaningful as a common social strategy that deserves further scrutiny"--