{"product_id":"9781350610491","title":"Science under Siege in the Academic Study of Religion","description":"\u003ch3\u003eScientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eScience under Siege in the Academic Study of Religion\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDonald Wiebe | Anthony Palma | Donald Wiebe | Luther H. Martin | Radek Kundt | Dimitris Xygalatas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Religion \u0026amp; Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this collection of essays, distinguished scholar Donald Wiebe works towards restoring the scientific credibility of the study of religion in the modern research university.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book brings together some of Wiebe's landmark essays on theory and method in the study of religion with previously unpublished work on the latest developments of the research landscape in the field. Based on an understanding of the modern university as an institution designed to gain disinterested knowledge about the world, including religions, Wiebe criticizes increasingly widespread approaches in the field of religious studies that promote religious, moral, or political agendas. He argues that, by adopting non-epistemic objectives, these approaches betray the mandate of the modern university and erode the scientific and intellectual respectability of the academic field of religious studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a next step, Wiebe makes a powerful case for understanding the study of religion as a search for knowledge about the natural determinants of religious thought and behavior that uses the tools of the social and natural sciences. By conducting research that is grounded in these methodologies, he argues, scholars can produce transculturally accepted empirical, historical, and explanatory knowledge about religion(s) and return the study of religion to a scientifically sound undertaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Wiebe\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Palma\u003c\/b\u003e is a Sessional Instructor in the History of Religions program at the University of Toronto, Canada. He has served as editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Science of Religion: A Defence – Essays by Donald Wiebe\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and, more recently, of an unpublished manuscript \u003ci\u003eUnder the Microscope: The Science of Religion in Reviews – Concept, Method, and Demarcation\u003c\/i\u003e (2026).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350610491\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669630386316,"sku":"9781350610491","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d9921861-a222-4aba-bc0f-e8e76792afc6.jpg?v=1785202924","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350610491","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}