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Nothing Could be Further from the Truth: Collected Columns of Reed M.N. Weep, 1997-2012
Reed M. N. Weep
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Description for Nothing Could be Further from the Truth: Collected Columns of Reed M.N. Weep, 1997-2012
Paperback. This collection brings together some of the columns written by Reed M. N. Weep which satirize the academic discipline of religious studies, contemporary university life, and popular culture. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 254.
This collection brings together some of the columns written by Reed M. N. Weep and published beginning in 1997 to his disappearance in 2011 in the Bulletin for the Study of Religion and its precursor, the Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion. The columns satirize the academic discipline of religious studies, contemporary university life, and popular culture. There is little here that rises to the level of Truth (with a capital T). Instead the emphasis is on humor, trutH (with a capital H). The book includes introductions by Russell McCutcheon, Craig Prentiss, Scott Elliott, Craig ... Read more
This collection brings together some of the columns written by Reed M. N. Weep and published beginning in 1997 to his disappearance in 2011 in the Bulletin for the Study of Religion and its precursor, the Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion. The columns satirize the academic discipline of religious studies, contemporary university life, and popular culture. There is little here that rises to the level of Truth (with a capital T). Instead the emphasis is on humor, trutH (with a capital H). The book includes introductions by Russell McCutcheon, Craig Prentiss, Scott Elliott, Craig ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
162
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781791462
SKU
V9781781791462
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About Reed M. N. Weep
Reed M. N. Weep was a cultural critic of astounding profundity. A professor of religion at a large midwestern university, in addition to the columns collected here, Weep was the author of a number of very influential book reviews. He was last seen in 2011 leaving the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature ... Read more
Reviews for Nothing Could be Further from the Truth: Collected Columns of Reed M.N. Weep, 1997-2012
At last the long-awaited codification of the wisdom and wit of the eponymous, intrepid Reed N. Weep. A must-read for all who regularly take tweed and paper to academic conferences and for those who dream of one day doing so. All fans of David Lodge will find a peer in Weep's tales of the academy. Willi Braun (who owns no ... Read more