The pragmatics of defining religion :   contexts, concepts, and contests / 
edited by Jan G. Platvoet and Arie L. Molendijk 
 - Leiden ; Boston :   E. J. Brill,   1999 
 - xvii, 543 p.  ;  25 cm. 
 - Studies in the history and culture of the ancient Near East,  84 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>97890041154469004115447 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion Philosophy.Religion.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL51   / .P72 1999