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Calling on religious studies scholars to rethink their work, this book is an important contribution to the way religion is defined and used. Described as a contemporary classic by the Journal of American Academy of Religion, Steven M. Wasserstroms publication Religion after Religion (1999) provided a theoretical reorientation for the study of religion. This book takes that reorientation further, showing scholars a way to break out of debates between theologizers and reductionists. Drawing on Wasserstroms work, former students and colleagues show that religions can and must be understood through comparison with other religious and social phenomena. Through comparative work and empirical studies, these essays test his concepts of inter-religion and deep pluralism, and present new perspectives on topics including Hemeticism, Gnosticism, modernism, Judaism and inter-Abrahamic thought. The book also explores the influence of Western mysticism on the modern study of religion, and the relationship between modernity, idealism, Judaism, and Islam.
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All Religion Is Inter-Religion Also available from Bloomsbury Interreligious Comparisons in Religious Studies and Theology, edited by Perry Schmidt-Leukel and Andreas Nehring New Patterns for Comparative Religion, William E. Paden The Problem with Interreligious Dialogue, Muthuraj Swamy All Religion Is Inter-Religion Engaging the Work of Steven M. Wasserstrom Edited by Kambiz GhaneaBassiri and Paul Robertson BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK 1385 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA BLOOMSBURY, BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published in Great Britain 2019 Copyright © Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Paul Robertson and Contributors, 2019 Kambiz GhaneaBassiri and Paul Robertson have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Editors of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any third-party websites referred to or in this book. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Nikolsky, Ronit, editor. Title: Language, cognition, and biblical exegesis : interpreting minds / edited by Ronit Nikolsky, Istvâan Czachesz, Tamâas Birâo, and Frederick S. Tappenden. Description: 1 [edition]. | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. | Series: Scientific studies of religion: inquiry and explanation ; 13 Identifiers: LCCN 2019003828| ISBN 9781350078109 (hardback) | ISBN 9781350078116 (epdf) Subjects: LCSH: Bible–Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Cognitive science. Classification: LCC BS511.3 .L365 2019 | DDC 220.601/4–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019003828 ISBN: HB: 978-1-3500-6221-4 ePDF: 978-1-3500-6222-1 eBook: 978-1-3500-6223-8 Typeset by Integra Software Services Pvt. Ltd. To find out more about our authors and books visit www.bloomsbury.com and sign up for our newsletters. Contents Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments x 1 2 Introducing Wasserstrom’s Work on Religion Kambiz GhaneaBassiri 1 Nine Theses on the Study of Religion Steven M. Wasserstrom 9 Part One Conversing 3 4 5 6 7 Anxiety, La