A realist social ontology of religion
Jonathan Z. Smith famously pointed out that the concept of "religion" is not universal but emerged only in the modern West. Several scholars have drawn from Smith the non-realist implication that the existence of religion apart from that concept is an illusion. The word "religion"...
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| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2017]
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Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-178 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Smith, Jonathan Z. 1938-2017
/ Religion
/ Concept of
/ Realism (Ontology)
/ Social philosophy
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
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Reflexivity
B Imagination B non-realism B Realism B social ontology B Social Construction B Heuristic B Jonathan Z. Smith |
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