TY  - BOOK
AU  - Molendijk, Arie L. 
AU  - Platvoet, Jan G.   
TI  - The pragmatics of defining religion : : contexts, concepts, and contests 
T2  - Studies in the history and culture of the ancient Near East,
SN  - 97890041154469004115447
AV  - BL51  .P72 1999
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Leiden ; Boston : 
PB  - E. J. Brill, 
KW  - Religion Philosophy.Religion
N1  - 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
ER  -