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<p>In <i>Geneologies of Religion</i>, Talal Asad explores how religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied as a universal concept. </p><p>The idea that religion has undergone a radical change since the Christian Reformation—from totalitarian and socially repressive to private and relatively benign—is a familiar part of the story of secularization. It is often invokved to explain and justify the liberal politics and world view of modernity. And it leads to the

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Author

Talal Asad, Talal Asad

Publisher

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801846328

Category

religious

Subjects

Fiction, Religious Studies, Religion

Rating

4.3 / 5 (177 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13