The Religion of Confrontation: Concepts, Violence, and Scholarship

Jonathan Z. Smith's essay “Religion, Religions, Religious” discovers the invention of religion as a generic term in colonial adventure. The move is notable: religion is born in violence, but it can be repurposed as a term without determinate content by which to compare cases. Smith's origi...

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Published in:Harvard theological review
Main Author: Levene, Nancy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2020]
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 2020, Volume: 113, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-137
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Smith, Jonathan Z. 1938-2017 / Said, Edward W. 1935-2003 / Religion / Violence / Power
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Further subjects:B Interpretation of
B Critique
B Edward Said
B Religion
B Orientalism
B Power
B Jonathan Z. Smith
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