Introduction
Abstract
Abstract This chapter describes the plan of the book and argues for the relevance of a new edition by providing a number of recent illustrations of how the problematic assumption that the category “religion” names some prior item of deep and obvious meaning—one that cannot be explained to be a result of any mundane operations or structures—continues to animate, and thereby limit, scholarly work in the field.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Study and Philosophy of Religion
Indian and Buddhist Studies
Karl Barth and Christian Theology
Publication details
- Pages
- 1–21
- Publication date
- 2 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter