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050 _aBL51
_b.P72 1999
245 4 _aThe pragmatics of defining religion :
_bcontexts, concepts, and contests /
_cedited by Jan G. Platvoet and Arie L. Molendijk
260 _aLeiden ; Boston :
_bE. J. Brill,
_c1999
300 _axvii, 543 p.
_b;
_c25 cm.
490 _aStudies in the history and culture of the ancient Near East,
_v84
505 _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.
650 _aReligion Philosophy.Religion.
700 _aMolendijk, Arie L.
700 _aPlatvoet, Jan G.
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_d46433