TY - JOUR

T1 - What's in a (Change of) Name? Much-but Not That Much- A nd Not What Wiebe Claims

AU - Fujiwara, Satoko

AU - Jensen, Tim

PY - 2020/5/6

Y1 - 2020/5/6

N2 - Donald Wiebe claims that the IAHR leadership (already before an Extended Executive Committee (EEC) meeting in Delphi) had decided to water down the academic standards of the IAHR with a proposal to change its name to "International Association for the Study of Religions." His criticism, we argue, is based on a series of misunderstandings as regards: 1) the difference between the consultative body (EEC) and the decision-making body (EC), 2) the difference between the preliminary points of view of individuals and final proposals by the EC, 3) personal conversations, 4) the link between the proposal to change the name and the wish to tighten up the academic profile of the IAHR. Moreover, if the final decision-making bodies, the International Committee and the General Assembly, adopt the proposal, the new name as little as the old can make the IAHR more or less scientific. Tightening up the academic, scientific profile of the IAHR takes more than a change of name.

AB - Donald Wiebe claims that the IAHR leadership (already before an Extended Executive Committee (EEC) meeting in Delphi) had decided to water down the academic standards of the IAHR with a proposal to change its name to "International Association for the Study of Religions." His criticism, we argue, is based on a series of misunderstandings as regards: 1) the difference between the consultative body (EEC) and the decision-making body (EC), 2) the difference between the preliminary points of view of individuals and final proposals by the EC, 3) personal conversations, 4) the link between the proposal to change the name and the wish to tighten up the academic profile of the IAHR. Moreover, if the final decision-making bodies, the International Committee and the General Assembly, adopt the proposal, the new name as little as the old can make the IAHR more or less scientific. Tightening up the academic, scientific profile of the IAHR takes more than a change of name.

KW - EASR

KW - globalization

KW - IAHR

KW - International Association for the History of Religions

KW - Marburg

KW - NAASR

KW - NVMEN

KW - Religionswissenschaft

KW - scientific study of religion

KW - study of religions

KW - Zwi Werblowsky

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086357841&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1163/15700682-12341478

DO - 10.1163/15700682-12341478

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85086357841

VL - 32

SP - 159

EP - 184

JO - Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

JF - Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

SN - 0943-3058

IS - 2

ER -