Vocabulary for the Study of Religion

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Edited by: Robert A. Segal & Kocku von Stuckrad.

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The Vocabulary for the Study of Religion offers a unique overview of critical terms in the study of religion(s). This first dictionary in English covers a broad spectrum of theoretical topics used in the academic study of religion, including those from adjacent disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, historiography, theology, philology, literary studies, psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, and political sciences.

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Hybridity

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Author(s): Steven Engler
Abstract: ‘Hybridity’ refers to a variety of kinds of cultural mixture that arise through encounters between distinct, previously existing phenomena. Hybridity is not new, though its scope and pace h…
Date: 2014-09-16