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In defence of ‘Religion’
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
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Is the term ‘religion’ otiose or misleading? Is what is commonly understood to be religion the enemy of faith? Can the study of religion be upheld as a discipline of academic respectability? The interrelation of these questions is close, and not without complexity.
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