Speaking the Impossible 'No'
Issue: Vol 43 No. 1 (2014)
Journal: Bulletin for the Study of Religion
Subject Areas: Religious Studies Buddhist Studies Islamic Studies Biblical Studies
DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v43i1.7
Abstract:
A critical appreciation of the impact of Talal Asad's "The Construction of Religion as an Anthropological Category" to the study of religion.
Author: Robert Anthony Orsi
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