Kambiz GhaneaBassiri is Professor of Religion at Carleton College, USA. Paul Robertson is Lecturer in Classics, Humanities, and Italian Studies at the University of New Hampshire, USA.
Whether you are a sceptic or a believer, or both, you will find new trajectories of religion charted in this capacious book. A major, unparalleled achievement. * Bruce B. Lawrence, Professor of Islamic Studies Emeritus, Duke University, USA * This remarkable collection serves as a fitting and inspiring tribute to the lifelong work of Steven M. Wasserstrom as scholar and a teacher. * R. Michael Feener, Sultan of Oman Fellow, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford, UK * Steven M. Wasserstrom’s masterful interventions in numerous subfields within the academic study of religion are well known. The essays collected in this volume show clearly just what an important thinker he is and, just as importantly, the influence he has had on students and colleagues. * Aaron W. Hughes, Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Rochester, USA * An intergenerational seminar that demonstrates the cogency and relevance of its provocative conceptualization of religious studies as an academic discipline while testifying to the value of the liberal arts college model of undergraduate education. * Arthur McCalla, Professor of Religious Studies and History, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada * Steven M. Wasserstrom sets the standard for a humane and humanistic study of religion. In his teaching, his scholarship, and his person, he describes a brilliant and perceptive practice of religious studies that is not yet fully realized, but could be. * Kathryn Lofton, Professor of Religious Studies, American Studies, History, and Divinity, Yale University, USA *