RELIGST 3F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hebrew University Of Jerusalem, Religious Studies, Royal Institute Of Technology

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 3F03
• Professor: Philippa Carter

Document Summary

Will post information about bursary for study at hebrew university. Played interview with aaron w hughes - link to be posted. Three shifts in religion studies that present a challenge the field: Textual - one group believed by understanding text you understand them: anthropological - another group who looked at actions that are identified as religious o. Shift to challenge enlightenment values when it comes to academy. Undermining key foundational aspects of scholarships that were undertaken up to that point e. g. idea that truth can be known, and to come to know this is to use reason, logic, etc. Postmodern challenge - questioning whether truth can be known, and the idea that the truth that we do know is only true in that particular historical and social context. Traditionally feminist approaches were disregarded: apocryphal gospels that provide information about christ that is different from the new.