Conceptualizing Religion : : Immanent Anthropologists, Transcendent Natives, and Unbounded Categories /

Conceptualizing Religion : : Immanent Anthropologists, Transcendent Natives, and Unbounded Categories / / Benson Saler.

How might we transform a folk category — in this case, religion — into an analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In addressing that question, this book critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion for scholarly purposes, particularly with respe...

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Superior document:Numen Book Series ; Volume 56
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Saler, Benson,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : E.J. Brill,, [1993]
©1993
Year of Publication:1993
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Studies in the history of religions ; Volume 56.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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