The quest for the understanding of Religious Studies: Seeing dragons
Religious Studies is concerned with studying religion or the absence thereof. The concept of religion has been discussed, disliked and dissected over centuries. Some have predicted the disappearance of religion, others have predicted the changing of location from the public to the private sphere and...
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Verbum et ecclesia
Year: 2016, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-9 |
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