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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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