The study of religion as passionate engagement: The visionary sensibility of talal asad
As interpreted by this essay, Asad locates the key features of the secular perspective as residing in representation, quantification and the autonomy of the individual. These features are inscribed in the way the secular, and a religious studies implicated by this secular, approaches religion. But i...
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| Language: | English |
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Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa
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| Series: | Journal for the Study of Religion |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1011-76012014000200004&lng=en&tlng=en |