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when students are taught using the world religions paradigm, it could be a good means of encouraging them to think critically about category formation. The scholar Steven W. Ramey for instance advocated teaching the paradigm in a manner that makes it clear that it is a "constructed discourse". Similarly, Baldrick-Morrone, Graziano, and Stoddard suggested that teaching undergraduates about the world religious paradigm helps to explain to students how "classification is a social act". They noted that students could leave such a course not only knowing more about the specific religious traditions included in the world religions category, but that they would also leave "knowing how to better interrogate the world around them". To avoid promoting the paradigm's portrayal of different religious traditions as rigid, homogenous categories, the scholar Teemu Taira suggested introducing
345:, British teachers are instructed to teach about Christianity, while by the end of key Stage 3 they are also supposed to teach about the other "five principal religions": Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism. Similarly, the censuses of many countries for instance reflect the influence of the world religion paradigm by only permitting respondents to describe themselves as adhering to one particular religious tradition, whereas in reality many individuals identify themselves with various different traditions at the same time. This idea of mutually exclusive religious identities is not only a Western phenomenon, but can also be found in other socio-cultural contexts; 120:. It was designed to broaden the study of religion away from its heavy focus on Christianity by taking into account other large religious traditions around the world. The paradigm is often used by lecturers instructing undergraduate students in the study of religion and is also the framework used by school teachers in the United Kingdom and other countries. The paradigm's emphasis on viewing these religious movements as distinct and mutually exclusive entities has also had a wider impact on the categorisation of religion—for instance in censuses—in both Western countries and elsewhere. 201: 396:
thwart it" and represent "important geo-political entities with which we must deal." The framework also includes privileging the literate elites active in particular religious movements by presenting their interpretations of particular traditions as being authoritative, eclipsing alternative interpretations presented by non-literate, marginalised, and localized practitioners. For instance, as noted by the scholar of religion Suzanne Owen, "Hinduism as a World Religion does not include Hinduism as a village religion".
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was of the view that "as long as it continues to employ the World Religions paradigm as a default approach (even after deconstructing it), religious studies will fail in its humanistic task" because it will simply be engaging in "knowledge transfer" and not "critically engaging" with "culture and knowledge". One alternative framework that some scholars use to teach about religion is the "
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Many scholars who are critical of the world religions paradigm find themselves having to teach it as part of introductory courses for undergraduate students. Some spent much of a course teaching the concept and then several sessions after this deconstructing it. Some scholars have suggested that even
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The inclusion of Judaism in the "Big Five" raises some issues; it is included in the list because of its influence on Christianity and Islam and because of its relevance to traditional Western understandings of Western history. On demographic grounds, it does not fit into the list, for there are far
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Some scholars have argued for the rejection of the world religions paradigm altogether; Cotter and Robertson presented the argument that "the continued uncritical use of the WRP fosters a breeding ground for relativistic navel-gazing which has no place in the contemporary research university". Owen
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Many scholars of religion have resisted efforts to challenge the paradigm, and as of 2016 was reported as still being widespread in university introductory courses to the study of religion. Many instructors feel that explaining the critique of the world religions paradigm to undergraduate students
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A "world religion" is a tradition that has achieved sufficient power and numbers to enter our history to form it, interact with it, or thwart it. We recognise both the unity within and the diversity among the world religions because they correspond to important geopolitical entities with which we
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present in modern society. Smith observed that it was constructed by Western scholars from a Western perspective. He noted that the only religions that get included in it are those which have "achieved sufficient power and numbers to enter our history, either to form it, interact with it, or to
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for instance often endorse the idea that Hinduism and Buddhism are mutually exclusive categories despite the fact that many people in South Asia mix Hindu and Buddhist practices. The scholars of religion Tara Baldrick-Morrone, Michael Graziano, and Brad Stoddard stated that "the WRP is neither
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as being central to a given religion. It also reflects the post-Enlightenment Christian approach of treating different religious groups as distinct, mutually exclusive categories. It thus reflects the socio-political concerns of 1960s Britain, the environment in which it was devised.
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present in modern society; that it encourages an uncritical understanding of religion; and that it makes a value judgment as to what religions should be considered "major". Others have argued that it remains useful in the classroom, so long as students are made aware that it is a
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Christopher R. Cotter and David G. Robertson described the "World Religions Paradigm" as "a particular way of thinking about religions which organizes them into a set of discrete traditions with a supposedly 'global' import." It typically consists of the "Big Five" religions:
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The utility of the World Religions Paradigm has experienced a sustained and rigorous critique from many scholars of religion. The scholar of religion Graham Harvey for instance noted that many scholars "object strongly" to the paradigm. In 1978, the scholar of religion
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would be difficult, as the critique would be too complex for many of them to understand. Its continued use has also been defended by the claim that it is what undergraduate students expect and that it mirrors what they will have been taught at school.
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The paradigm has since gone beyond this academic discipline, and "informs the perception" of many members of different religious groups. The paradigm for instance frames the teaching about religion in the British education system; at all three
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and physical objects. Owen noted that, in her experience, many students display an "initial resistance to alternatives" as they are expecting the world religions paradigm. She cited the example of her introductory course at
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Baldrick-Morrone, Tara; Graziano, Michael; Stoddard, Brad (2016). "'Not a Task for Amateurs': Graduate Instructors and Critical Theory in the World Religions Classroom". In Christopher R. Cotter; David G. Robertson (eds.).
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must deal. All 'primitives,' by way of contrast, may be lumped together, as may the 'minor religions,' because they do not confront our history in any direct fashion. From the point of view of power, they are invisible.
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While the World Religions paradigm was brought in to allow the inclusion of non-Christian religions in education, it has instead remodelled them according to liberal Western Protestant Christian values (akin to what the
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model of "religion". It presents each of the "world religions" in an abstracted and essentialised form, failing to take account of hybridization. For instance, in teaching about Christianity it does not refer to
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Cotter and Robertson noted that the history of the world religions paradigm is "intimately tied up" with the history of the study of religion as an academic discipline. It emerged from within the
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Cox, James L. (2016). "Foreword: Before the 'After' in 'After World Religions' – Wilfred Cantwell Smith on the Meaning and End of Religion". In Christopher R. Cotter; David G. Robertson (eds.).
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Cotter, Christopher; Robertson, David G. (2016b). "Introduction: The World Religions Paradigm in Contemporary Religious Studies". In Christopher R. Cotter; David G. Robertson (eds.).
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Taira, Teemu (2016). "Doing Things with 'Religion': A Discursive Approach in Rethinking the World Religions Paradigm". In Christopher R. Cotter; David G. Robertson (eds.).
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to demarcate at least five—and in some cases more—religions that are deemed to have been especially large, internationally widespread, or influential in the development of
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Sutcliffe, Steven J. (2016). "The Problem of 'Religions': Teaching Against the Grain with 'New Age Stuff'". In Christopher R. Cotter; David G. Robertson (eds.).
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Ramey, Steven W. (2016). "The Critical Embrace: Teaching the World Religions Paradigm as Data". In Christopher R. Cotter; David G. Robertson (eds.).
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Searle-Chatterjee, M. (2000). ""World Religions" and "Ethnic Groups": Do these Paradigms lend themselves to the Cause of Hindu Nationalism?".
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Symbols commonly associated with six of the religions labelled "world religions": clockwise from the top, these represent
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Cotter, Christopher; Robertson, David G. (2016a). "Preface". In Christopher R. Cotter; David G. Robertson (eds.).
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case studies into the class to better explain the realities of people's lives and uses of religious traditions.
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One of the major criticisms of the framework is that it is based on a model of "religion" that relies on the
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Many scholars have utilised the "world religions" category alongside other "catch-all" categories such as "
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The Invention of World Religions; or, how European Universalism was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism
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The Invention of World Religions, Or, How European Universalism was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism
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A third criticism of the world religions paradigm is that it encourages an uncritical and
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The paradigm was integrated throughout the education system through work of scholars like
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This article is about the paradigm in the academic study of religion. For other uses, see
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as the model for what constitutes "religion"; that it is tied up with discourses of
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as its base example. A second criticism is that it is rooted in the discourses of
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approach which placed an emphasis on description rather than critical analysis.
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neutral nor natural, but its social authority derives from appearing as both."
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5550: 5546: 5540: 5537: 5535: 5532: 5530: 5527: 5525: 5522: 5520: 5517: 5515: 5512: 5510: 5507: 5505: 5502: 5500: 5497: 5495: 5492: 5490: 5487: 5485: 5482: 5480: 5477: 5475: 5472: 5470: 5467: 5465: 5462: 5460: 5457: 5455: 5452: 5450: 5447: 5445: 5442: 5440: 5437: 5435: 5432: 5430: 5427: 5425: 5422: 5420: 5417: 5415: 5412: 5410: 5407: 5405: 5402: 5400: 5397: 5395: 5392: 5390: 5389:Guinea-Bissau 5387: 5385: 5382: 5380: 5377: 5375: 5372: 5370: 5367: 5365: 5362: 5360: 5357: 5355: 5352: 5350: 5347: 5345: 5342: 5340: 5337: 5335: 5332: 5330: 5327: 5325: 5322: 5320: 5317: 5315: 5312: 5310: 5307: 5305: 5302: 5300: 5297: 5295: 5292: 5290: 5287: 5285: 5282: 5280: 5277: 5275: 5272: 5271: 5269: 5267: 5263: 5259: 5252: 5248: 5234: 5231: 5229: 5226: 5224: 5221: 5219: 5216: 5214: 5213:Organizations 5211: 5209: 5206: 5204: 5201: 5199: 5196: 5194: 5191: 5189: 5186: 5184: 5181: 5179: 5176: 5174: 5171: 5170: 5168: 5165: 5157: 5151: 5148: 5146: 5143: 5141: 5138: 5136: 5133: 5131: 5128: 5126: 5123: 5121: 5118: 5116: 5113: 5111: 5108: 5106: 5103: 5101: 5098: 5097: 5095: 5092: 5087: 5082: 5076: 5073: 5069: 5066: 5064: 5061: 5059: 5056: 5055: 5054: 5051: 5049: 5046: 5044: 5043:Vegetarianism 5041: 5039: 5036: 5034: 5031: 5029: 5026: 5024: 5021: 5019: 5016: 5014: 5011: 5009: 5006: 5004: 5001: 4999: 4996: 4994: 4991: 4989: 4988:Homosexuality 4986: 4984: 4981: 4979: 4976: 4974: 4971: 4967: 4964: 4962: 4959: 4957: 4954: 4952: 4949: 4948: 4947: 4944: 4942: 4939: 4937: 4934: 4932: 4929: 4925: 4922: 4920: 4917: 4915: 4912: 4911: 4910: 4907: 4903: 4900: 4898: 4895: 4893: 4890: 4889: 4888: 4884: 4881: 4879: 4876: 4874: 4871: 4870: 4868: 4865: 4858: 4852: 4849: 4847: 4844: 4842: 4839: 4835: 4832: 4831: 4830: 4827: 4825: 4822: 4820: 4817: 4815: 4812: 4810: 4809:Neurotheology 4807: 4805: 4802: 4800: 4797: 4795: 4792: 4790: 4787: 4785: 4782: 4780: 4777: 4776: 4774: 4772: 4766: 4760: 4757: 4755: 4752: 4750: 4747: 4745: 4742: 4740: 4737: 4735: 4732: 4730: 4727: 4725: 4722: 4720: 4717: 4715: 4712: 4711: 4709: 4707: 4703: 4695: 4692: 4690: 4687: 4685: 4682: 4681: 4680: 4677: 4675: 4672: 4670: 4667: 4665: 4662: 4660: 4657: 4655: 4652: 4650: 4647: 4645: 4642: 4638: 4635: 4633: 4630: 4628: 4625: 4623: 4620: 4619: 4618: 4615: 4611: 4608: 4606: 4603: 4601: 4598: 4597: 4596: 4593: 4591: 4588: 4586: 4583: 4581: 4578: 4576: 4573: 4571: 4568: 4566: 4563: 4561: 4558: 4556: 4553: 4551: 4548: 4544: 4541: 4539: 4536: 4534: 4531: 4530: 4529: 4526: 4524: 4521: 4519: 4516: 4514: 4511: 4509: 4506: 4504: 4503:Folk religion 4501: 4499: 4496: 4494: 4491: 4489: 4486: 4484: 4481: 4479: 4476: 4474: 4471: 4469: 4466: 4464: 4461: 4459: 4455: 4452: 4450: 4447: 4445: 4442: 4440: 4437: 4435: 4431: 4428: 4427: 4425: 4421: 4417: 4410: 4406: 4396: 4393: 4391: 4388: 4386: 4383: 4381: 4378: 4376: 4373: 4371: 4368: 4366: 4363: 4359: 4356: 4354: 4351: 4349: 4346: 4345: 4344: 4341: 4337: 4334: 4332: 4329: 4327: 4326:Imperial cult 4324: 4322: 4319: 4317: 4314: 4313: 4312: 4309: 4307: 4304: 4300: 4297: 4295: 4292: 4290: 4287: 4286: 4285: 4282: 4278: 4275: 4273: 4270: 4269: 4268: 4265: 4261: 4258: 4256: 4253: 4251: 4248: 4246: 4243: 4242: 4241: 4238: 4236: 4233: 4229: 4226: 4225: 4224: 4221: 4217: 4214: 4212: 4209: 4208: 4207: 4204: 4202: 4199: 4195: 4192: 4191: 4190: 4187: 4185: 4182: 4180: 4177: 4175: 4172: 4170: 4167: 4165: 4162: 4160: 4157: 4155: 4152: 4148: 4145: 4143: 4140: 4138: 4135: 4133: 4130: 4128: 4125: 4124: 4123: 4120: 4116: 4113: 4111: 4108: 4106: 4103: 4101: 4098: 4097: 4096: 4093: 4091: 4088: 4084: 4081: 4080: 4079: 4076: 4074: 4071: 4069: 4066: 4062: 4059: 4058: 4057: 4054: 4052: 4049: 4047: 4044: 4040: 4037: 4035: 4032: 4031: 4030: 4027: 4025: 4022: 4018: 4015: 4013: 4010: 4008: 4005: 4004: 4003: 4000: 3998: 3995: 3993: 3990: 3988: 3985: 3981: 3978: 3977: 3976: 3973: 3972: 3969: 3965: 3960: 3956: 3936: 3933: 3932: 3931: 3928: 3926: 3923: 3921: 3918: 3916: 3913: 3911: 3908: 3906: 3903: 3901: 3898: 3896: 3895:Discordianism 3893: 3891: 3890:Anthroposophy 3888: 3887: 3885: 3881: 3873: 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1274: 1270: 1266: 1260: 1256: 1252: 1251: 1246: 1242: 1241: 1238:encyclopedias 1237: 1236: 1224: 1218: 1214: 1209: 1205: 1199: 1195: 1190: 1186: 1180: 1176: 1171: 1167: 1161: 1157: 1152: 1148: 1144: 1140: 1136: 1132: 1128: 1123: 1119: 1113: 1109: 1104: 1100: 1094: 1090: 1086: 1082: 1078: 1072: 1068: 1063: 1059: 1053: 1049: 1044: 1040: 1034: 1030: 1025: 1021: 1015: 1011: 1005: 1004: 993:, p. 82. 992: 987: 981:, p. 39. 980: 975: 973: 966:, p. 48. 965: 960: 954:, p. 13. 953: 948: 941: 936: 929: 924: 918:, p. 49. 917: 912: 906:, p. 10. 905: 900: 898: 890: 885: 879:, p. 12. 878: 873: 871: 863: 858: 851: 847: 842: 835: 830: 828: 820: 815: 808: 803: 801: 799: 797: 789: 784: 778:, p. 38. 777: 772: 765: 760: 754:, p. 50. 753: 748: 741: 736: 734: 732: 724: 719: 717: 715: 707: 702: 695: 690: 688: 686: 684: 682: 674: 669: 663:, p. 26. 662: 657: 651:, p. 80. 650: 645: 643: 641: 633: 628: 626: 624: 622: 620: 618: 610: 605: 603: 595: 591: 586: 579: 574: 570: 556: 553: 551: 548: 546: 545:Religious war 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4046:Cook Islands 4017:Old Prussian 3930:UFO religion 3869: 3865:Zalmoxianism 3793:Neoshamanism 3650:Spiritualism 3533:Other ethnic 3422: 3248:Traditional 3208:Bongthingism 3106:Acoma Pueblo 3049:Mesoamerican 2778:Austronesian 2599: 2595:Neo-Buddhism 2527: 2523:Neo-Hinduism 2444:Swaminarayan 2282: 2231:Salvationist 2216:Confucianism 2067:Samaritanism 2037:Ali-Illahism 2018: 1885: 1879:Unitarianism 1820:Old Catholic 1627:Nestorianism 1585:Christianity 1572: 1538:Conservative 1391: 1387: 1383: 1358: 1354: 1345: 1328: 1324: 1297: 1277: 1249: 1212: 1193: 1174: 1155: 1130: 1126: 1107: 1088: 1066: 1047: 1028: 1009: 1000:Bibliography 986: 959: 947: 935: 923: 911: 884: 857: 841: 814: 809:, p. 7. 790:, p. 8. 783: 771: 759: 747: 708:, p. 3. 701: 675:, p. 3. 668: 656: 611:, p. 2. 596:, p. 2. 585: 573: 478:World portal 444:ethnographic 440: 419: 415: 400: 398: 382: 374: 364: 359: 339: 330:Ninian Smart 327: 320: 314: 305: 286:Championship 267: 239: 218:Christianity 210:Baháʼí Faith 187:Baháʼí Faith 167:Christianity 155: 122: 118:Ninian Smart 107: 75:Christianity 58: 57: 52:Christianity 6245:New Zealand 6182:Saint Lucia 6132:El Salvador 6037:Switzerland 5972:Netherlands 5744:Philippines 5672:South Korea 5667:North Korea 5557:Afghanistan 5504:South Sudan 5394:Ivory Coast 5178:Deification 5125:Objectivism 5100:Agnosticism 5058:Persecution 5048:Video games 5013:Populations 4924:Proselytism 4892:Monasticism 4883:Clericalism 4873:Agriculture 4864:and society 4829:Soteriology 4789:Comparative 4759:Transtheism 4744:Panentheism 4528:Monasticism 4321:Gallo-Roman 4223:Micronesian 4189:Manichaeism 4137:Hermeticism 4105:Continental 4100:Anglo-Saxon 3980:Paleolithic 3975:Prehistoric 3925:Scientology 3788:Italo-Roman 3643:Radha Soami 3623:New Thought 3463:Espiritismo 3404:Waaqeffanna 3344:Fon and Ewe 3282:Sub-Saharan 3165:Satsana Phi 2961:Ghost Dance 2919:Californian 2897:Anishinaabe 2828:Karo Pemena 2807:Indonesian 2481:Lingayatism 2429:Mahanubhava 2399:Vaishnavism 2330:Jeungsanism 2253:Folk Taoism 2236:Xiantiandao 2090:Zoroastrian 1749:Charismatic 1744:Pentecostal 1707:Anglicanism 1658:Waldensians 1593:Catholicism 1331:: 101–118. 1317:other works 819:Harvey 2013 673:Harvey 2000 401:sui generis 368:J. 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