After World Religions

Contributors. Preface—Christopher R. Cotter & David G. Robertson. Foreword. Before the 'After' in 'After World Religions': Wilfred Cantwell Smith on the Meaning and End of Religion.—James L. Cox. 1. Introduction: The ‘World Religions’ Paradigm in Contemporary Religious Studies—Christopher R. Cotter & David G. Robertson. PART I: SUBVERSIVE PEDAGOGIES: DATA AND METHODS. 2. The Problem of ‘Religions’: Teaching Against the Grain with ‘New Age Stuff’—Steven J. Sutcliffe. 3. ‘Not a Task for Amateurs’: Graduate Instructors and Critical Theory in the World Religions Classroom—Tara Baldrick-Morrone, Michael Graziano and Brad Stoddard. 4. The Critical Embrace: Teaching the World Religion Paradigm as Data—Steven Ramey. PART II: ALTERNATIVE PEDAGOGIES: POWER AND POLITICS. 5. Religion as Ideology: Recycled Culture vs. World Religions—Craig Martin. 6. Doing Things with ‘Religion’: A Discursive Approach in Rethinking the World Religions Paradigm—Teemu Taira. 7. Looking Back on the End of Religion: Opening Re Marx—Paul-Francois Tremlett. 8. The Sacred Alternative—Suzanne Owen. PART III: INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGIES: METHODS AND MEDIA. 9. The Desjardins Diet for World Religions Paradigm Loss—Michel Desjardins. 10. Narrating the USA’s Religious Pluralism: Escaping World Religions through Media—David W. McConeghy. 11. Archaeology and the 'World Religions' Paradigm: The European Neolithic, Religion, and Cultural Imperialism—Carole M. Cusack. 12. Complex Learning and the World Religions Paradigm: Teaching Religion in a Shifting Subject Landscape—Dominic Corrywright. Afterword: On Utility and Limits—Russell T. McCutcheon. Notes. Bibliography. Index.