An Author Meets His Critics: Around Manuel A. Vásquez's "More Than Belief: A Materialist Theory of Religion"

Manuel Vásquez begins his book by describing university courses that frustrate his students by being text-based and divorced from real life. He rightly concludes that analyzing sacred texts does not alone explain lived religion and complex issues such as globalization, transnationalism, and hybrid i...

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Authors: Vásquez, Manuel A. 1962- (Author) ; Day, Abby 1956- (Author) ; Chidester, David 1952- (Author) ; Obadia, Lionel 1967- (Author) ; Seales, Chad E. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Berghahn [2012]
In: Religion and society
Year: 2012, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 185-202
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