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The pragmatics of defining religion : contexts, concepts, and contests / edited by Jan G. Platvoet and Arie L. Molendijk

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Studies in the history and culture of the ancient Near East ; 84Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : E. J. Brill, 1999Description: xvii, 543 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 97890041154469004115447
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL51  .P72 1999
Contents:
pt. 1. Introduction. In defence of pragmatism / Arie L. Molendijk -- pt. 2. Modern Contexts. The politics of defining religion in secular society: From a taken-for-granted institution to a contested resource / James A. Beckford. Religion as claim: Social and legal controversies / Massimo Introvigne. Religion as memory: Reference to tradition and the constitution of a heritage of belief in modern societies / Daniele Hervieu-Leger. Paradoxes: An essay on the object of the Psychology of Religion / Jacob A. Belzen -- pt. 3. Conceptual Changes. 'Religio' and 'religion' in the 18th century: The contrasting views of Wolff and Edelmann / Ernst Feil. Shifting cargoes: Ernst Troeltsch on the study of religion / Arie L. Molendijk.
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pt. 1. Introduction. In defence of pragmatism / Arie L. Molendijk -- pt. 2. Modern Contexts. The politics of defining religion in secular society: From a taken-for-granted institution to a contested resource / James A. Beckford. Religion as claim: Social and legal controversies / Massimo Introvigne. Religion as memory: Reference to tradition and the constitution of a heritage of belief in modern societies / Daniele Hervieu-Leger. Paradoxes: An essay on the object of the Psychology of Religion / Jacob A. Belzen -- pt. 3. Conceptual Changes. 'Religio' and 'religion' in the 18th century: The contrasting views of Wolff and Edelmann / Ernst Feil. Shifting cargoes: Ernst Troeltsch on the study of religion / Arie L. Molendijk.

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