Review Essay: Once More on Religion and Magic: Daniel Dubuisson's Religion and Magic in Western Culture

Authors

  • Andrew Durdin Florida State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.36439

Keywords:

Religion, magic, history of religions

Abstract

Daniel Dubuisson, Religion and Magic in Western Culture. Leiden: Brill, 2016. viii + 201 pp. Cloth, ebook $134, €101. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004317567

Author Biography

  • Andrew Durdin, Florida State University

    Andrew Durdin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Religion, Florida State University.

References

Dubuisson, Daniel. 2003. The Western Construction Of Religion: Myths, Knowledge, and Ideology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Martino, Ernesto de. 1948. Il mondo magico, prolegomeni a una storia del magismo. Turin: G. Einaudi.

Sørensen, Jesper. 2007. A Cognitive Theory of Magic. Lanham, MD: AltaMira.

Styers, Randall. 2004. Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Published

2020-06-04

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 3-4 (2019)

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Durdin, A. (2020). Review Essay: Once More on Religion and Magic: Daniel Dubuisson’s Religion and Magic in Western Culture. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 48(3-4), 55-60. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.36439