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A State-of-the-Art Review
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Order online and receive a 25% discount $42.95 Paper, 159 pp. ISBN13: 978-0-91981-218-5 Release Date: |
Book Description
This first volume on the “state-of-the-art” in religious studies in Canada offers a description and critique of the field in the colleges, universities, and secondary schools in Alberta. Among the findings: philosophical-theological and textual approaches to the study of religion predominate, to the relative neglect of methodologies employed in fields such as sociology and anthropology; the quality and quantity of published research is significant but focusses on Christian studies; some interdisciplinary study is being carried on and benefits religious studies as well as other fields; religious studies scholars in Alberta have a relatively high public profile, but their exercise of public responsibility is time consuming and can jeopardize career advancement; in view of wide-spread religious illiteracy among students, descriptive courses must not be neglected in favour of analytical ones. An appendix listing courses offered in the schools surveyed concludes the volume.
About Ronald W. Neufeldt
Ronald Neufeldt is a professor of Eastern religions at the University of Calgary, Alberta.
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