Worlds Apart: The Essentials of Critical Thinking

In this essay, I consider what the publication of Schaffalitzky de Muckadell's essay “On Essentialism and Real Definitions of Religion” in the JAAR reflects about the state of religious studies as a discipline, arguing that there appears increasing room for overt essentialism in the name of lib...

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Main Author: Simmons, Merinda 1981- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2015]
In: Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 27-33
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Science of Religion / Religion / Definition / Criticism
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