The ineluctably philosophical nature of “method and theory” in the study of religion.

What is it about?

“Method and theory” in the academic study of religion is ineluctably philosophical, which encourages a significant re-consideration of what passes for the “Philosophy of Religion,” a sub-field whose concentration on mediaeval and contemporary Christian philosophical theology has impeded the development of an effective philosophical treatment of global human religious behavior. A History of Religions that is more informed by and about philosophy as a tradition and as a method and which therefore includes a disciplinary Philosophy of Religion(s) would be more relevant, practical, far-ranging, and productive.

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