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This review article examines two recent books that each adopt different stands on the contributions to be made by theory—or perhaps better, metatheory—in the study of religion. For while one aims to cultivate the role of the scholar as being a bit of a scandalous fool, the other strongly encourages colleagues to adopt an interpretive method that, or so it is claimed, contributes to solving a variety of pressing societal problems.
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For nearly fifty years, History of Religions has set the standard for the study of religious phenomena from prehistory to modern times. History of Religions strives to publish scholarship that reflects engagement with particular traditions, places, and times and yet also speaks to broader methodological and/or theoretical issues in the study of religion. Toward encouraging critical conversations in the field, HR also publishes review articles and comprehensive book reviews by distinguished authors.
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