Religion as Culture and Text

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" Religion as Culture and Text "
Abdulkader Tayob

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1083007
Doc. No	:	LA126636
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15743012-02303007‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Abdulkader Tayob
Title & Author	:	Religion as Culture and Text [Article]\ Abdulkader Tayob
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and Theology
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	23/3-4
Page No	:	403–418
Abstract	:	Professors David Chidester and Cornelia Roux support the new policy on religion education promulgated in 2003 that emphasises the value of exposing learners to the diversity of religious traditions in the country. In this essay, I identify the frameworks they adopt for the study of religions, and argue that they be further developed for the religion education classroom. I propose that both dynamic discursive traditions (Chidester) and texts (content) (Roux) provide key frameworks for religion education. Discursive traditions open the door to a critical and contextual appreciation of religions that is open to change, renewal and innovation. I do not support the hermeneutical preoccupation of Roux, but find her emphasis on the texts and content of religions useful for thinking about the semiotics of religious traditions on self, society and the world. I provide the justification for these frameworks from reflections in the study of religions. Professors David Chidester and Cornelia Roux support the new policy on religion education promulgated in 2003 that emphasises the value of exposing learners to the diversity of religious traditions in the country. In this essay, I identify the frameworks they adopt for the study of religions, and argue that they be further developed for the religion education classroom. I propose that both dynamic discursive traditions (Chidester) and texts (content) (Roux) provide key frameworks for religion education. Discursive traditions open the door to a critical and contextual appreciation of religions that is open to change, renewal and innovation. I do not support the hermeneutical preoccupation of Roux, but find her emphasis on the texts and content of religions useful for thinking about the semiotics of religious traditions on self, society and the world. I provide the justification for these frameworks from reflections in the study of religions.
Descriptor	:	discourse
Descriptor	:	hermeneutics
Descriptor	:	method and theory
Descriptor	:	religion education
Descriptor	:	religious texts
Descriptor	:	South Africa
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15743012-02303007‬