The future of the study of religion : proceedings of Congress 2000 / edited by Slavica Jakelic and Lori Pearson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Whither the study of religion? / Slavica Jakeliʹc and Lori Pearson -- The stubborn persistence of religion: some post-secular reflections / Friedrich Wilhelm Graf -- The stubborn persistence of debates about religion: a response to Friedrich Wilhelm Graf / Peter Berger -- The study of religions in the twentieth century / Hans G. Kippenberg -- The history of religions and the study of religions: a response to Hans Kippenberg / Christoph Schwöbel -- Difference and coherence in the worldwide study of religions / Michael Pye -- Response to Michael Pye / Robert Cummings Neville -- Globalization and the future study of religion / Bryan S. Turner -- Response to Bryan Turner / Adam B. Seligman -- The proper object of the study of religion: why it is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers / Ivan Strenski -- Problems, questions, and curiosities: a response to Ivan Strenski / Elizabeth A. Castelli -- Diversity and the study of mysticism / Steven T. Katz -- Response to Steven Katz / Francis X. Clooney -- Engendering the study of religion / Elizabeth A. Clark -- Agency and evidence in feminist studies of religion: a response to Elizabeth Clark / Amy Hollywood -- Detraditionalizing the study of religion / Paul Heelas -- Response to Paul Heelas / Ann Braude -- Retraditionalizing the study of religion: the conflict of the faculties: theology and the economy of the sciences / John Milbank -- Theology or religious studies? The future of religious studies: a response to John Milbank / Paul Morris -- Ernst Troeltsch and the future of the study of religion / Trutz Rendtorff -- Response to Trutz Rendtorff / Sarah Coakley.