The sacred is the profane : the political nature of "religion" /
"The Sacred is the Profane' collects nine essays by William Arnal and Russell McCutcheon that advance current scholarly debates on secularism-debates. The essays return, again and again, to the question of what 'religion"--Word and concept - accomplishes, now, for those who emplo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The Sacred is the Profane' collects nine essays by William Arnal and Russell McCutcheon that advance current scholarly debates on secularism-debates. The essays return, again and again, to the question of what 'religion"--Word and concept - accomplishes, now, for those who employ it, whether at the popular, political, or scholarly level. The focus here is on the efficacy, costs, and the tactical work carried out by dividing the world between religious and political, church and state sacred and profane. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199979530 0199979537 9780199877195 019987719X |