The Structure of Religion

The popular belief that religion is the same everywhere or that all religions are ‘at bottom' identical in essentials is a widespread falsehood that is saved from being completely worthless by the fact that religion does exhibit a universal or common structure wherever it appears. This structur...

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Main Author: Smith, John Edwin 1921-2009 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1965]
In: Religious studies
Year: 1965, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-73
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