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Genealogies of religion : discipline and reasons of power in Christianity and Islam / Talal Asad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Asad, Talal, author.
- Series:
- Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rushdie, Salman.
- Religion.
- Christian civilization.
- Islamic civilization.
- Medical Subjects:
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1993.
- Contents:
- Genealogies
- The Construction of Religion as an Anthropological Category
- Toward a Genealogy of the Concept of Ritual
- Archaisms
- Pain and Truth in Medieval Christian Ritual
- On Discipline and Humility in Medieval Christian Monasticism
- Translations
- The Concept of Cultural Translation in British Social Anthropology
- The Limits of Religious Criticism in the Middle East: Notes on Islamic Public Argument
- Polemics
- Multiculturalism and British Identity in the Wake of the Rushdie Affair
- Ethnography, Literature, and Politics: Some Readings and Uses of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-323) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Asad, Talal. Genealogies of religion.
- ISBN:
- 9780801895937
- 0801895936
- Publisher Number:
- 90102520987
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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