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McCutcheon's "General Introduction" to The Insider/Outsider Problem,
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This review is from: Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion (Controversies in the Study of Religion) (Paperback)
This is only a comment on Russell T. McCutcheon's "General Introduction" which I find to be an excellent piece of writing. Addressing the insider/outsider problem, McCutcheon articulates four positions which have been taken on the issue of understanding or explaining religious experience. McCutcheon's brief (10 pages) analysis of the methods and theories used to understand/explain religious experience from both an insider and an outsider perspective is crafted elegantly, like a tale, taking you along point by point convincingly showing the benefits (and liabilities) of each, and then producing a still more complex way of approaching the issue. This introduction is an excellent entré for serious students of religion who are exploring their own quests to understand what theories and methodologies they seek to employ for their further study of religion. It is written clearly and simply and raises a host of superb questions.
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Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion (Controversies in the Study of Religion) by Russell T. McCutcheon (Paperback - Jan. 1999)
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