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The New Humanism
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Mircea Eliade's essay often referred to as 'The New Humanism' develops a perspective where scholars engage hermeneutically with sacred traditions, revivifying their meaning for modern readers.
Eliade argues for the interpretive role of scholars in bringing transcendent or sacred dimensions into modern understanding, framing religion as a source of deep meaning that resists reduction.
His work shaped mid-20th-century religious studies by promoting approaches that emphasize uniqueness and depth of religious phenomena.
McCutcheon critiques this orientation for entrenching sui generis assumptions that have institutional consequences for the field.
The essay exemplifies the theoretical commitments Manufacturing Religion critiques.
Eliade argues for the interpretive role of scholars in bringing transcendent or sacred dimensions into modern understanding, framing religion as a source of deep meaning that resists reduction.
His work shaped mid-20th-century religious studies by promoting approaches that emphasize uniqueness and depth of religious phenomena.
McCutcheon critiques this orientation for entrenching sui generis assumptions that have institutional consequences for the field.
The essay exemplifies the theoretical commitments Manufacturing Religion critiques.
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Russell T. McCutcheon
Russell McCutcheon, "Manufacturing Religion: The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of Nostalgia, second edition" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Mentioned by Russell McCutcheon when discussing Eliade's influential essay and its role in privileging interpretive, 'revivifying' approaches.
Russell McCutcheon, "Manufacturing Religion: The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of Nostalgia, second edition" (Oxford UP, 2026)
