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Stereotyping Religion Critiquing Clichés

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Stereotyping Religion Critiquing Clichés

By Brad Stoddard, Craig Martin

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Our culture is full of popular stereotypes about religion, both positive and negative. Many people uncritically assume that religion is intrinsically violent, or that religion makes people moral, or that it is simply "bullshit". This concise volume tackles 10 of these stereotypes, addresses why scholars of religion find them to be cliched, describes their origins, and explains the social or political work they rhetorically accomplish in the present. Cliches addressed include the following: - R...Show more

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9781474292191

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Published year

2017

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1

Original title

Stereotyping Religion Critiquing Clichés

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Paperback

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