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Pages: 268
Authors: Daniel Dubuisson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-06-18 - Publisher: JHU Press

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The Western Construction of Religion not only provides a critical assessment of the whole history of "religionas it is understood in the West but offers better
The Invention of Religion in Japan
Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Jason Ānanda Josephson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-03 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Throughout its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call “religion.” There was no corresponding Japanese word, nor anything close to its meaning. B
Genealogies of Religion
Language: en
Pages: 346
Authors: Talal Asad
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-08-18 - Publisher: JHU Press

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In Geneologies of Religion, Talal Asad explores how religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied as a universal concept. The
The Invention of Religions
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Pages: 0
Authors: Daniel Dubuisson
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)

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For nearly thirty years, a scientific revolution has taken place in the religious studies departments of several North American and British universities--and th
Before Religion
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: Brent Nongbri
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-22 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as ancient religion. Nongbri shows how misle