A Guide to Writing Academic Essays in

One of the greatest challenges for instructors in religious studies is the task of explaining why, in colleges and universities, the truth claims of the religions studied are not accepted, but instead a disinterested, academic approach is taken. Indeed, f

Foreword
The Essentials of Essay Writing, for Students New to Religious Studies	p. 1
What Is all Academic Essay?	p. 1
The Methodological and Theoretical Presuppositions of Religious Studies	p. 4
What You Can Assume about Your Grader's Background Knowledge	p. 8
How Is an Essay Evaluated?	p. 9
How to Write an Essay	p. 12
Quotations	p. 23
Documentation	p. 25
Gender-Inclusive Language	p. 49
Layout	p. 51
Safeguarding Your Work	p. 52
Approaching Ancient Texts	p. 53
The Author	p. 56
The Intended Readers	p. 57
The Reason or Occasion for Writing	p. 59
The Genre	p. 60
The Stages of Composition	p. 61
Some Finer Points of Writing, for More Experienced Students	p. 64
Style	p. 64
Conciseness	p. 78
The Hallmarks of Bad Scholarship: Considerations for Advanced Students	p. 81
Pretend Refutations	p. 83
Fallacies of Argument	p. 87
Avoiding Bad Scholarship	p. 96
A Few Final Thoughts	p. 97
Select Bibliography	p. 99
Index	p. 105
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A Guide to Writing Academic Essays in Religious Studies

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