TY  - BOOK
AU  - Muck,Terry C.
TI  - Why study religion?: understanding humanity's pursuit of the divine 
SN  - 9780801049958
AV  - BL41 .M84 2016
U1  - 200.71 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Grand Rapids
PB  - Baker Academic
KW  - Religion
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Why? -- The study of religion -- The student of religion -- Why now? -- Changing societies: radical differentiation -- Complex individuals: hybrid personalities -- Clashing religions: contestation, consilience, confession -- How? -- The scholarly skills: studying texts, collecting ethnographic data, comparing and contrasting -- Perspectival objectivity: from premodern to modern to postmodern -- New trajectories for the study of religion -- Classic books in the study of religion -- Classic essays in the study of religion -- Categorizing religious traditions: an assignment -- Guidelines for the study of religion
ER  -