“A brief history of religious studies”

Last updated on: September 23, 2015 at 10:02 pm

September 23, 2015 by Dan Peterson

An inordinate fondness for beetles? — The beetle collection at the Melbourne Museum, in Australia
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How is religion like beetles? How is it unlike them? How should it be studied? Can it survive some kinds of study?

It’s interesting to see this discussion of the history and nature of religious studies, and to reflect upon what the widespread (and, in some places, the rather sudden and imperious) adoption of the contemporary religious studies/Mormon studies paradigm might portend for the Saints and the Church:

http://fornspollfira.blogspot.com/2015/09/a-brief-history-of-religious-studies.html

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