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Author:   Steffen Fuhrding ,  Leslie Dorrough Smith
Publisher:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Weight:   1.279kg
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9781781797266

ISBN 10:   1781797269
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   17 August 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Fuhrding, and Adrian Hermann Section 1: The Public Rhetoric of Good and Bad Religion 1. Introduction: And What Kind of Society Does That Create? Russell T. McCutcheon, University of Alabama 2. Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: Neo-Orientalism and the Study of Religion Aaron W.Hughes, University of Rochester 3. Religious Studies and the Jargon of Authenticity Jason A. Josephson-Storm, Williams College Section 2: Politics Introduction to the Politics Section Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Fuhrding, and Adrian Hermann 4. Toward a Critique of Postsecular Rhetoric Naomi R. Goldenberg, University of Ottowa 5. The Political Utility of the Past: The Case of Greek Fire-Walking Rituals VaiaTouna, University of Alabama 6. Privatized Publics and Scholarly Silos: Gender, Religion, and their Theoretical Fault Lines K. Merinda Simmons, University of Alabama 7. What's Religious Freedom Got to Do With It? On the Niqab Affair in Canadian Politics Matt Sheedy, University of Manitoba Section 3: Media Introduction to the Media Section Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Fuhrding, Adrian Hermann 8. The Strange and Familiar Spiritual Journey of Reza Aslan Martha Smith Roberts, Denison University 9. The Journalist-Ethnographer, Religious Diversity, and the Euphemisation of Social Relations Carmen Becker, Leibniz University Hannover 10. Scopophilia and the Manufacture of Good Religion Leslie Dorrough Smith 11. Naturalizing the Transnational Capitalist Class: Reza Aslan's Believer and the Ideological Reproduction of an Emerging Social Formation Craig Prentiss, Rockhurst University 12. Authentic Religion - Or, How To Be A Good Citizen Steffen Fuhrding Section 4: University Introduction to the University Section Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Fuhrding, Adrian Hermann 13. 'Bad Religion' on the University Campus: Political Correctness and the Future of the Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion Adrian Hermann and Stefan Priester, University of Bonn 14. Studying Religion in a Post-Truth World Stephanie Gripentrog, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel 15. The Good, The Bad, and the Non-Religion: The Good/Bad Rhetoric in Non-Religion Studies Christopher R. Cotter, University of Edinburgh 16. The Campus as a 'Safe Space'? A Sociology of Knowledge Perspective on the New Student Protests David Kaldewey, University of Bonn Section 5: Classroom Introduction to the Classroom Section Leslie Dorrough Smith, Steffen Fuhrding, Adrian Hermann 17. What Teaching New Religions Tells Us about the Discourse on 'Good' and 'Bad' Religion David G. Robertson, The Open University 18. Unintentionally Constructing 'Good' and 'Bad' Religions in Teaching Classical European Social Theories at a Japanese University Mitsutoshi Horii, Chaucer College 19. Good and Bad, Legitimate and Illegitimate Religion in Education Wanda Alberts, Leibniz University Hannover 20. Benign Religion as Normal Religion Suzanne Owen, Leeds Trinity University

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Leslie Dorrough Smith is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Avila University. Steffen Fuhrding teaches at the Department for the Study of Religion at Leibniz University Hannover. Adrian Hermann is Professor of Religion and Society at the Forum Internationale Wissenschaft (FIW) of the University of Bonn.

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