Article Title：Situating philosophy of religious studies
Abstract：
'Philosophy of religious studies' is one possible name for a type of normative practice that has always been an inseparable part of that discipline itself. It is neither part of philosophy of religion nor an over-arching discipline that looks down in judgment upon religious studies. We reject the idea that it assesses scholarship using sui generis criteria: it is a form of metatheoretical assessment that uses the same tools that all scholarship uses, namely concepts, theories and methods. We hold this view pragmatic reasons: philosophy of religious studies promises to be more useful if we start by assuming that it shares concepts, theories and methods with much work done in that discipline. We proceed by clarifying relevant senses of discipline, religious studies, philosophy and philosophy-of, and we engage with the work of Kevin Schilbrack to illustrate our differences from his view (granted that similarities between our views outweigh these differences).
Keywords: Philosophy; religious studies; philosophy of religion; philosophy of religious studies; disciplinarity
DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2024.2388432
Source：RELIGION
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