Next Step in Studying Religion A Graduate's Guide Book

Preface

Mathieu E. Courville (University of Ottawa) — Editor's Introduction: On Reaching for the Other Shore

Part I:

Larry Patriquin (Nipissing University) — How to Finish a Ph.D. Dissertation in this Lifetime: Some Marbles of Wisdom Revisited

Michel Desjardin (Wilfrid Laurier University) — Netting a Job in Religious Studies

Professor Russell T. McCutcheon (University of Alabama) — Theses on the Job Market

Kay Koppedrayer (Wilfrid Laurier University) — Some Thoughts and Advice on Academic Publishing

Part II:

Harold Coward (Emeritus, University of Victoria) — Graduate Education: A Place Where Past and Future Meet

Klaus Klostermaier (Emeritus, University of Manitoba) — Events, People, and Circumstances: Looking Back at a Largely Unplanned Academic Career in Religious Studies

David Chidester (University of Cape Town) — Studying Religion in South Africa

Marc H. Ellis (Baylor University) — Caution! Prospective Graduate Students of Religion in Judaism and Islam

Carolyn Sharp (St. Paul University, Ottawa) — Un-domestic Conversations: Crossing Borders, Transgressing Boundaries and Contested Territories

Vern Neufeld Redekop (St. Paul University, Ottawa) — Teachings of Blessing as Elements of Reconciliation: Intra and Inter-Religious Hermeneutical Challenges and Opportunities in the Face of Violent Deep-Rooted Conflict

Darlene Juschka (University of Regina) — Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down: Waking Up in Women's Studies

Jon R. Stone (California State University, Long Beach) — Reflections on the Craft of Religious Studies

Charles H. Long (Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) — Religious Discourse and Hermeneutics: New Approaches in the Study of Religion

Donald A. Crosby (Emeritus, Colorado State University) — A Student's Question: Religious Studies, Philosophy, and the Examined Life

About the Authors

Index