The invention of world religions: Or, how European Universalism was preserved in the language of pluralism
- London The University of Chocago Press
- xv, 359 p. Includes bibliographical reference and index
The idea of “world religions” expresses a vague commitment to multiculturalism. Not merely a descriptive concept, “world religions” is actually a particular ethos, a pluralist ideology, a logic of classification, and a form of knowledge that has shaped the study of religion and infiltrated ordinary language.