Paradigms Behind (and Before) the Modern Concept of Religion

This essay identifies five paradigms that are basic to understanding the historical emergence and uses of the generic idea of “religion” in the Christian cultures of Europe and America. The spread of this concept has been sufficiently thorough in recent centuries as to make religion appear to be a “...

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Main Author: Bell, Catherine M. 1953-2008 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley 2006
In: History and theory
Year: 2006, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 27-46
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