African Religion and World Religious Studies

Abstract

I thank my host, Professor Chongsuh Kim, for inviting me to Seoul National University and for giving me my title, "African Religion and World Religious Studies." This title provides an opportunity to do what we do in the academic study of religion - to think about religion but also to think about how we think about religion. In our work of interpreting, explain ing, and analyzing specific religious formations, we are also critical -especially, self-critical- of our theoretical frameworks and research methods.