Religious competition: is it a useful concept?
In recent years ‘competition’ has become an ever more popular concept in the study of ancient religions. Or should that be a label? Innovative concept or mere label: to come to a decision, we should ask some questions. What are the studies that advertise themselves as dealing with competition about,...
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| description | In recent years ‘competition’ has become an ever more popular concept in the study of ancient religions. Or should that be a label? Innovative concept or mere label: to come to a decision, we should ask some questions. What are the studies that advertise themselves as dealing with competition about, what do people understand by it? Does competition do what it should be doing: provide some new interpretative framework, and, in the case of edited volumes, tie the different contributions together? In order to answer these questions, a fairly recently published volume (Rosenblum, Vuong & DesRosiers, 2014) will be analyzed in some detail and compared to some other publications that cover (or seem to cover) the same ground. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84f47ab32e5d46bb8dde12f7301554782022-12-22T03:10:40ZengCERES / KHK BochumEntangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer2363-66962016-10-01310.13154/er.v3.2016.BJ-CC533Religious competition: is it a useful concept?Frederick G. NaereboutIn recent years ‘competition’ has become an ever more popular concept in the study of ancient religions. Or should that be a label? Innovative concept or mere label: to come to a decision, we should ask some questions. What are the studies that advertise themselves as dealing with competition about, what do people understand by it? Does competition do what it should be doing: provide some new interpretative framework, and, in the case of edited volumes, tie the different contributions together? In order to answer these questions, a fairly recently published volume (Rosenblum, Vuong & DesRosiers, 2014) will be analyzed in some detail and compared to some other publications that cover (or seem to cover) the same ground.https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/519competitionrivalrycontestationconflictmarketplace |
| spellingShingle | Frederick G. Naerebout Religious competition: is it a useful concept? Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer competition rivalry contestation conflict marketplace |
| title | Religious competition: is it a useful concept? |
| title_full | Religious competition: is it a useful concept? |
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| title_short | Religious competition: is it a useful concept? |
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| topic | competition rivalry contestation conflict marketplace |
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