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In defence of ‘Religion’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

E. H. Pyle
Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer in the Principles of Religion, University of Glasgow

Extract

Is the term ‘religion’ otiose or misleading? Is what is commonly understood to be religion the enemy of faith? Can the study of religion be upheld as a discipline of academic respectability? The interrelation of these questions is close, and not without complexity.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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