Colloquium Response

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" Colloquium Response "
Paul Kenny

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077915
Doc. No	:	LA121544
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341386‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Paul Kenny
Title & Author	:	Colloquium Response [Article]\ Paul Kenny
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Method Theory in the Study of Religion
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	29/1
Page No	:	89–94
Abstract	:	The problem for Study of Religions (sor) in the academy is the dearth of successful theory-as-explanation in the field and the consequential domination of the public square by other voices namely theology, apologetics, humanist study that privileges belief and New Atheism. There is theory-as-critique aplenty and it is applied to both religious truth claims and to explanatory theories about religion. Scholars of sor have the critical tools, methods, expertise and weight of scholarship to error check and to disprove naturalistic explanations but finding explanatory ground to stand on is very hard indeed. This piece argues that it is important to renew and revitalise the search for explanation. The problem for Study of Religions (sor) in the academy is the dearth of successful theory-as-explanation in the field and the consequential domination of the public square by other voices namely theology, apologetics, humanist study that privileges belief and New Atheism. There is theory-as-critique aplenty and it is applied to both religious truth claims and to explanatory theories about religion. Scholars of sor have the critical tools, methods, expertise and weight of scholarship to error check and to disprove naturalistic explanations but finding explanatory ground to stand on is very hard indeed. This piece argues that it is important to renew and revitalise the search for explanation.
Descriptor	:	critique
Descriptor	:	explanation
Descriptor	:	theory
Descriptor	:	truth-claims
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341386‬