Before Religion A History of a Modern Concept

Name: Before Religion A History of a Modern Concept
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ISBN: 9780300154160

ISBN-10: 030015416X

ISBN-13: 9780300154160

Edition: 2012

Authors: Brent Nongbri

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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…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 1/22/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



What Do We Mean by "Religion"?



Lost in Translation: Inserting "Religion" into Ancient Texts



Some (Premature) Births of Religion in Antiquity



Christians and "Others" in the Premodern Era



Renaissance, Reformation, and Religion in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries



New Worlds, New Religions, World Religions



The Modern Origins of Ancient Religions


Conclusion: After Religion?


Notes


Bibliography


Index