Enlightening religion: Light and darkness in religious knowledge and knowledge about religion. (August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stolow, Jeremy; Meyer, Birgit
• Other Names: Stolow Jeremy guest-editor.; Meyer Birgit guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Critical research on religion. Volume 9:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 119
• Page End: 125
• Publication Date: 2021-08
• Subjects: Religion -- light -- enlightenment -- epistemology; Religion -- Periodicals; Religion -- Research -- Periodicals; Religion and sociology -- Periodicals; Religion and politics -- Periodicals; 200.5
• DOI: 10.1177/20503032211015276
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-3032

Abstract

This introduction elaborates how the relationship between religion and light can and should be addressed as a key theme for the critical study of religion. It synthesizes the principal arguments of the six articles collected in this special journal issue and locates them in a broader theoretical framework, focussing especially on the politics of knowledge production.