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Before religion : a history of a modern concept
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Title
Before religion : a history of a modern concept / Brent Nongbri.
ISBN
9780300154160 (alk. paper)
030015416X (alk. paper)
9780300216783 (pbk.)
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2013.
Physical Description
ix, 275 p. ; 22 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 12, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
What do we mean by "religion"?
Lost in translation: inserting "religion" into ancient texts
Some (premature) births of religion in antiquity
Christians and "others" in the premodern era
Renaissance, reformation, and religion in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
New worlds, new religions, world religions
The modern origins of ancient religions
Conclusion: after religion?
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