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Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept
Brent Nongbri
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA; HPQ; HRAC; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
For much of the past two centuries, religion has been understood as a universal phenomenon, a part of the natural human experience that is essentially the same across cultures and throughout history. Individual religions may vary through time and geographically, but there is an element, religion, that is to be found in all cultures during all time periods. Taking apart this assumption, Brent Nongbri shows that the idea of religion as a sphere of life distinct from politics, economics, or science is a recent development in European history-a development that has been projected outward in space and backward ... Read more
For much of the past two centuries, religion has been understood as a universal phenomenon, a part of the natural human experience that is essentially the same across cultures and throughout history. Individual religions may vary through time and geographically, but there is an element, religion, that is to be found in all cultures during all time periods. Taking apart this assumption, Brent Nongbri shows that the idea of religion as a sphere of life distinct from politics, economics, or science is a recent development in European history-a development that has been projected outward in space and backward ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300216783
SKU
V9780300216783
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About Brent Nongbri
Brent Nongbri is a postdoctoral researcher at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.
Reviews for Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept
Compelling . . . a thought-provoking addition to scholarship on religion, history, and culture. -Publishers Weekly So, although Before Religion understandably comes well after many of the works that helped to establish this field of study, it is likely the best way into the literature on religion for the newcomer (and thus Nongbri's work has the ... Read more