Aaron W. Hughes is the Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Rochester. His research and publications focus on both Jewish philosophy and Islamic Studies. He has authored numerous books, including Situating Islam: The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline (Equinox, 2007); Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction (Equinox, 2012); Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam (Columbia, 2012); and Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History (Oxford, 2012). He currently serves as the editor of the journal Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. Russell T. McCutcheon is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. His major publications include Manufacturing Religion (Oxford University Press, 1997), The Guide to the Study of Religion (Bloomsbury, 2000), Critics not Caretakers: Redescribing the Public Study of Religion (State University of New York Press, 2001) and The Discipline of Religion: Structure, Meaning, Rhetoric (Routledge, 2003). His most recent book, co-authored with William Arnal, is The Sacred is the Profane: The Political Nature of 'Religion' (Oxford University Press, 2013).
Religion in Five Minutes is an excellent collection of the
questions so many people have but never dare to ask--journalists,
policymakers, practitioners, and, yes, also students of religion.
The answers given by well-known experts in the field are straight
to the point, candid, and accessible. Browsing through this book
will make readers eager to spend more than five minutes on the
fascinating and enigmatic thing we call 'religion'.
Kocku von Stuckrad, Professor of Religious Studies, University of
Groningen, the Netherlands
Religion in 5 Minutes presents a new way to gain a comprehensive
grasp of the complex and fascinating field of Religious Studies. By
answering 81 sincere and direct questions of students in short,
eloquent texts devoid of jargon, the book makes decades of academic
research and theory accessible to everyone. Here is a text that
will not only be very useful to beginning students but will also
help scholars and researchers explain their work more precisely and
effectively.
Naomi Goldenberg, Professor of Classics and Religious Studies,
University of Ottawa
At last! At last! The perfect resource I never dreamed of having in
one convenient place has come along. I get dozens of these
questions each time I teach a class, and now I have an informative,
scholarly, reliable source that also happens to be thoroughly
inviting to students. I plan to assign this book in both
introductory and more advanced courses. This is hands down a
'must-have' for every Religious Studies department but, more
importantly, every school, hospital or healthcare center,
government office and definitely newsroom should have a copy on
hand. Beautifully executed and brilliantly conceived, this is so
much more than simply a handbook. Each article also provides a
robust springboard into higher-level meta-conversations about why
students are asking these particular questions and how and why they
(and many others) frame 'religion' in the manner that they do.
Sarah McFarland Taylor, Associate Professor of Religious Studies,
Northwestern University
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