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Before Religion

A History of a Modern Concept [Paperback]

by Brent Nongbri

    • Author

      Brent Nongbri

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Yale University Press

    • Published

      July 2015

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      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 in time with the result that religion now appears to be a natural and necessary part of our world. Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Nongbri demonstrates that in antiquity, there was no conceptual arena that could be designated as "religious" as opposed to "secular." Surveying representative episodes from a two-thousand-year period, while constantly attending to the concrete social, political, and colonial contexts that shaped relevant works of philosophers, legal theorists, missionaries, and others, Nongbri offers a concise and readable account of the emergence of the concept of religion.

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      • Author

        Brent Nongbri

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Yale University Press

      • Published

        July 2015

      • Weight

        318g

      • Page Count

        288

      • Dimensions

        133 x 204 x 18 mm

      • ISBN

        9780300216783

      • ISBN-10

        0300216785

      • Eden Code

        4327030

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      • Author/Creator: Brent Nongbri

      • ISBN: 9780300216783

      • Publisher: Yale University Press

      • Release Date: July 2015

      • Weight: 318g

      • Dimensions: 133 x 204 x 18 mm

      • Eden Code: 4327030


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