History and Vulnerability: A Response to Levene and Furey Export

@article{citeulike:3545374, abstract = {The articles by N. Levene (writing on St. Anselm's Proslogion) and C. Furey (on Thomas More's Utopia) in this volume offer a nuanced critical perspective on historicist tendencies in the study of religion. While insisting on the importance of seeing primary texts as embedded in their historical context, both propose that scholars simultaneously seek to maintain an element of openness and vulnerability to the voices of the past. This can serve as a counterweight to the typical historicist strategy of debunking and unmasking the past's pretensions to authoritative discourse.}, author = {Rein, Nathan}, citeulike-article-id = {3545374}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006808X371860}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/mtsr/2008/00000020/00000004/art00008}, doi = {10.1163/157006808X371860}, issn = {0943-3058}, journal = {Method \& Theory in the Study of Religion}, keywords = {historiography, history, me, method, theory}, number = {4}, pages = {399--406}, posted-at = {2008-12-01 16:29:13}, priority = {0}, publisher = {BRILL}, title = {History and Vulnerability: A Response to Levene and Furey}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006808X371860}, volume = {20}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3545374 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3545374 N2 - The articles by N. Levene (writing on St. Anselm's Proslogion) and C. Furey (on Thomas More's Utopia) in this volume offer a nuanced critical perspective on historicist tendencies in the study of religion. While insisting on the importance of seeing primary texts as embedded in their historical context, both propose that scholars simultaneously seek to maintain an element of openness and vulnerability to the voices of the past. This can serve as a counterweight to the typical historicist strategy of debunking and unmasking the past's pretensions to authoritative discourse. IS - 4 JF - Method & Theory in the Study of Religion SN - 0943-3058 EP - 406 TI - History and Vulnerability: A Response to Levene and Furey PB - BRILL VL - 20 SP - 399 KW - historiography KW - history KW - me KW - method KW - theory AU - Rein, Nathan PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006808X371860 ER -