For this week’s Religion in the News stories we wanted to explore a variety of perspectives on the academic study of religion, perspectives on the field, and research within it. Here are the articles we found below:
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Can Evangelicals and Academics Talk to One Another? (The Wall Street Journal)
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PROBlems in the big tent of “religion & theology” (University of alabama)
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Is atheism the reason for ta-nehisi coates’ pessimism? (the guardian)
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Religion, science, and empathy (RNS)
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ReTHINKING introduction to World Religions (University of California santa Barbara)