God is Not One but "Religion" Is: A Critical Reading of Stephen Prothero's God is Not One: the Eight Rival Religions that Run the World - and Why Their Differences Matter

This review places Prothero's book in the context of the academic study of Religion. Specifically, I discuss the issues of defining religion, the history of the category "religion," and the relationship between that category and Euro-American colonialism. The central argument offered...

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Main Author: Murphy, Tim 1956-2013 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2011
In: Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 40, Issue: 2, Pages: 19-25
Further subjects:B Stephen Prothero
B World Religions
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