The Meaning and End of Religion

The Meaning and End of Religion
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Publisher : Fortress Press
Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : 1451420145
ISBN-13 : 9781451420142
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Book Synopsis The Meaning and End of Religion by : Wilfred Cantwell Smith

Download or read book The Meaning and End of Religion written by Wilfred Cantwell Smith and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilfred Cantwell Smith, maintained in this vastly important work that Westerners have misperceived religious life by making "religion" into one thing. He shows the inadequacy of "religion" to capture the living, endlessly variable ways and traditions in which religious faith presents itself in the world.


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