Superstition and Enlightenment: Engagements between Theology and Anthropology

Nicholas Adams

Superstition and Enlightenment: Engagements between Theology and Anthropology

Nicholas Adams

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This paper explores some uncertainties arising from the question of what theology might contribute to social anthropology. It offers reflections on the proposal by Joel Robbins in ‘Theology and Anthropology: An Awkward Relationship’ (2006) and contrasts its approach with some recent work by Timothy Jenkins. I read both anthropologists as bearers of the legacy of GWF Hegel (1770-1831). Robbins and Jenkins are described here as reprising Hegel’s account of the struggle of Enlightenment against superstition, but in different ways.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Theologically Engaged Anthropology
Editors	J Derrick Lemons
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Print)	9780198797852
Publication status	Published - 30 Aug 2018

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