Time Enough for Visions and Revisions
Or Why “Theory” Matters in the Study of Religion
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https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v40i2.005Keywords:
Stephen Prothero, Russell McCutcheon, Ninian SmartAbstract
This essay argues that by ignoring the past decade or so of theoretical self-reflection regarding how one best studies "religion,"Stephen Prothero's *God Is Not One* takes us right back to the same ecumenical vista where true religion is by definition never nasty or brutish.
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———. 2005. Religion & the Domestication of Dissent. London: Equinox.
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Published
2011-06-05
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How to Cite
Day, M. (2011). Time Enough for Visions and Revisions: Or Why “Theory” Matters in the Study of Religion. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 40(2), 26-29. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v40i2.005
