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Chapter: 2. What Is Religion?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.45026

Blurb:

Religion once described what Romans did to appease their gods. By the nineteenth century, “religion” became a catchall term to identify, compare and denigrate Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and others.

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