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title	:	A Magic Still Dwells : Comparative Religion in the Postmodern Age
author	:	Patton, Kimberley C.
publisher	:	University of California Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0520221052
print isbn13	:	9780520221055
ebook isbn13	:	9780585369884
language	:	English
subject	Religions, Postmodernism.
publication date	:	2000
lcc	:	BL80.2.M278 2000eb
ddc	:	200/.71
subject	:	Religions, Postmodernism.

Page iii A Magic Still Dwells Comparative Religion in the Postmodern Age Edited by Kimberley C. Patton and Benjamin C. Ray

Page iv University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England 2000 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A magic still dwells : comparative religion in the postmodern age / edited by Kimberley C. Patton and Benjamin C. Ray. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-520-21971-6 (hardcover : alk. paper). ISBN 0-520-22105-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Religions. 2. Postmodernism. I. Patton, Kim berley C. (Kimberley Christine), 1958 II. Ray, Benjamin C., 1940 BL80.2.M278 2000 200'.71dc33 99-31468 CIP Printed in the United States of America 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication is both acid-free and totally chlorine-free (TCF). It meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).

Page v CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii A Note to the Reader ix Introduction Kimberley C. Patton and Benjamin C. Ray 1 Prologue: In Comparison a Magic Dwells Jonathan Z. Smith 23 Part One. Comparative Religion: The State of the Field The Scholar As Mythographer: Comparative Indo-European Myth and Postmodern Concerns David Gordon White 47 Contested Identities: The Study of Buddhism in the Postmodern World Malcolm David Eckel 55 Post-Modern and -Colonial -Structural Comparisons Wendy Doniger 63 Part Two. Case Studies: Critical Issues in the History of Religions What's beyond the Post? Comparative Analysis As Critical Method Barbara A. Holdrege 77 The Contextual Illusion: Comparative Mysticism and Postmodernism Jonathan R. Herman 92

Page vi Discourse about Difference: Understanding African Ritual Language Benjamin Caleb Ray 101 American Religion Is Naturally Comparative Winnifred Fallers Sullivan 117 Dialogue and Method: Reconstructing the Study of Religion Diana L. Eck 131 Part Three. A Revised Comparison: New Justifications for Comparative Study Juggling Torches: Why We Still Need Comparative Religion Kimberley C. Patton 153 Methodology, Comparisons, and Truth Huston Smith 172 Elements of a New Comparativism William E. Paden 182 The Magic in Miniature: Etymological Links in Comparative Religions Laurie L. Patton 193 The Net of Indra: Comparison and the Contribution of Perception Lawrence E. Sullivan 206 Epilogue: The "End" of Comparison: Redescription and Rectification Jonathan Z. Smith 237 Contributors 243

Page vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The editors wish to thank each of the contributors for the scholarly dedication and vision that brought about the creation of this volume. We would also like to express our gratitude to our editor at the University of California Press, Douglas Abrams Arava, for his steadfast support of this project from its inception, and to his assistant, Reed Malcolm, for his dedicated effort. Our copy editor, Nick Murray, dealt with our protean manuscript with sensitivity, intellectual appreciation, and a heroic attention to detail. Jan Spauschus Johnson, the production editor, midwifed the project graciously and in record time. Thank you. Finally, we are indebted beyond measure to the intelligent, tireless, and careful work of Dr. Margaret Studier, Faculty Assistant at Harvard Divinity School, who assembled and prepared the manuscript for publication.

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