01382nam a2200181Ia 4500008004100000020002800041041000800069050002100077245012800098260004400226300002800270490006900298505073400367650003401101700002401135700002401159999001701183230822s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97890041154469004115447  aeng  aBL51 b.P72 1999 4aThe pragmatics of defining religion : bcontexts, concepts, and contests /cedited by Jan G. Platvoet and Arie L. Molendijk  aLeiden ; Boston : bE. J. Brill, c1999  axvii, 543 p.b;c25 cm.  aStudies in the history and culture of the ancient Near East,v84  apt. 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.  aReligion Philosophy.Religion.  aMolendijk, Arie L.   aPlatvoet, Jan G.     c45530d45530