Abstract

“Scriptures” is a term provoking no shortage of anxiety for postmodern scholars. This literature review introduces theorists to a subfield committed to theorizing about that term in critical and comparative terms. Revisiting the contributions of classic and contemporary scholars, readers will learn how the analytical study of scriptures is being unbound from the baggage of the term’s Christian provenance while also keeping its history, politics, and mediation in the fore.

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Bibliography

Richard Newton, “Revisiting Scriptures: Unbinding a Critical Comparative Subfield,” Religion Compass 17.12 (December 2023), https://doi.org/10.1111/rec3.12480.