Genealogies of religion : discipline and reasons of power in Christianity and Islam /

"In Genealogies of Religion Asad explores how religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied by scholars, journalists, and politicians as a universal concept. The idea that religion has undergone a radical change since the Christian Reformation - from totalitar...

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Main Author: Asad, Talal
Format: Printed Book
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1993.
Subjects:
Religion.
Christian civilization.
Islamic civilization.
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