The learned practice of religion in the modern university / (Record no. 3505)

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ISBN 9781350103436
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Author Wiebe, Donald,
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Title The learned practice of religion in the modern university /
Statement of responsibility, etc Donald Wiebe.
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Place of publication London
Name of publisher Bloomsbury Academic
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Pagination xi, 238p.
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Summary, etc "In this book, Donald Wiebe unveils a significant problem in the academic study of religion: that colleges and universities in North America offer an almost exclusively theological account of religion. To explore this issue, Wiebe looks at the religious and moral agendas behind the study of religion, showing that the boundaries between the objective study of religion and religious education as a tool for bettering society have become blurred. As a result, he argues, religious studies departments have fostered an environment where religion has become a learned or scholarly practice, rather the object of academic scrutiny. This book provides a critical history of the failure of 20th and 21st century scholars to follow through on the 19th century ideal of an objective scientific study of religious thought and behaviour. Although emancipated from direct ecclesiastical control and, to some extent, from sectarian theologizing, Wiebe argues that research and scholarship in the academic department of religious studies has failed to break free from religious constraints. He shows that an objective scientific study of religious thought and practice is not only possible, but the only appropriate approach to the study of religious phenomena"--
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Main Subject Religion
Subdivision (2nd) Study and teaching (Higher)
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Main Subject Theology
Subdivision (2nd) Study and teaching (Higher)
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Main Subject Religious education.
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Item type Books
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Classification number BL41
Item number .W54 2019
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Classification number 200.71/1
Holdings
Source of classification or shelving scheme Not for loan Permanent location Current location Date acquired Accession No. Full call number Barcode. Koha item type
Library of Congress Classification   Samuel Ogbemudia Main Library, University of Abuja Samuel Ogbemudia Main Library, University of Abuja 05/14/2025 2024/64024 BL41.W54 2025-1975 Books