The Sisyphean discipline: a précis of "An Unnatural History of Religions"
The present contribution offers a recapitulation of the author's book entitled An Unnatural History of Religions: Academia, Post-truth and the Quest for Scientific Knowledge (2019). The book is intended to offer a most comprehensive account of the History of Religions as an academic discipline,...
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Religio
Year: 2020, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: [3]-20 |
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B Post-truth B History and Philosophy of Science B Evolution B method and theory B Cognition B history of religions |
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