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" “Religion, Religions, Religious” in America: "
Michael J. Altman
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AL
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1077953
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LA121582
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10.1163/15700682-12341454
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English
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Michael J. Altman
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“Religion, Religions, Religious” in America: [Article] : Toward a Smithian Account of “Evangelicalism”\ Michael J. Altman
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Leiden: Brill
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Method Theory in the Study of Religion
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2019
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31/1
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71–82
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Jonathan Z. Smith’s essay “Religion, Religions, Religious” is a foundational essay in the study of “religion” as a taxonomic category. The essay itself makes three interrelated arguments that situate religion in Western intellectual history and argue that “religion” is a term scholars define to suit their own intellectual purposes. Though the essay, and Smith’s work overall, have had a major influence in religious studies, that influence has not reached deeply into the study of American religious history. Using Smith’s essay as a guide, this essay offers a brief application of his arguments in “Religion, Religions, Religious” to American religious history and, specifically, to the category “evangelicalism.” Jonathan Z. Smith’s essay “Religion, Religions, Religious” is a foundational essay in the study of “religion” as a taxonomic category. The essay itself makes three interrelated arguments that situate religion in Western intellectual history and argue that “religion” is a term scholars define to suit their own intellectual purposes. Though the essay, and Smith’s work overall, have had a major influence in religious studies, that influence has not reached deeply into the study of American religious history. Using Smith’s essay as a guide, this essay offers a brief application of his arguments in “Religion, Religions, Religious” to American religious history and, specifically, to the category “evangelicalism.”
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American religious history
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evangelicalism
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Jonathan Z. Smith
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religious freedom
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United States
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10.1163/15700682-12341454
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