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100 _aMasuzawa, Tomoko
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245 _aThe invention of world religions: Or, how European Universalism was preserved in the language of pluralism
260 _aLondon
_bThe University of Chocago Press
300 _axv, 359 p.
_bIncludes bibliographical reference and index
520 _aThe 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.
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