Teaching Epoche
Ninian Smart claimed that, if we fail to set aside (at least temporarily) our reactions to and opinions about the people, communities, and traditions that constitute our objects of study, we are quite...
View ArticleReligion Clichés: #1 and #2
by Tenzan EaghllIn 1972 Ninian Smart published an article titled, “Comparative religion clichés: Crushing the clichés about comparative religion and then accentuating the positive value of the New...
View ArticleReligion Clichés #3 and #4
by Tenzan EaghllNote: This post is the second in a series that seeks to summarize some of the clichés associated with religion. It is framed as a critique of a 1972 article by Ninian Smart. For the...
View ArticleReligion Clichés #5: Religious Past
by Tenzan EaghllNote: This post is the third in a series that seeks to summarize some of the clichés associated with religion. It is framed as a critique of a 1972 article by Ninian Smart. For the two...
View ArticleDiversity is Not Enough (Harvard’s Concealed Theology)
Note: This post originally appeared on Practicum: Critical Theory, Religion, and Pedagogy blog.by Tenzan EaghllDid you catch the article that was making the rounds on Facebook last month about a new...
View ArticleSo You’re Not a Priest? Scholars Explain What They Do to Outsiders: Adam J....
In this series with the Bulletin, we ask scholars to talk about how they describe what they do to outsiders by sharing a story or two, and reflect on how this has affected their identity as scholars of...
View ArticleDefining Theology (with reference to Jean-Luc Marion)
by Tenzan Eaghll When I went for my first academic interview in a religious studies department after completing my PhD, the first question I was asked by the hiring committee was “what is the...
View ArticleEuropean Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) Conference in Leuven,...
by Teemu Taira and Suzanne Owen The annual conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) took place in Leuven, Belgium, in September 2017. It was organized by BABEL, the...
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