86. Do scholars of religion study texts or do they study the religion firsthand, like an anthropologist might?
Religion in Five Minutes - Second edition - Aaron W. Hughes
Richard W. Newton, Jr. [+]
University of Alabama
Richard Newton is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He is author of Identifying Roots: Alex Haley and the Anthropology of Scriptures(Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2020) and former editor of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion. Newton is also curator of the social media professional development network, Sowing the Seed: Fruitful Conversations in Religion, Culture and Teaching (SowingTheSeed.org).
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