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Carl Olson
Allure of Decadent Thinking [PDF ebook]
Religious Studies and the Challenge of Postmodernism

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Carl Olson offers a compelling and provocative argument against the application of postmodern thought to Religious Studies, showing how such radically skeptical thinking undermines, subverts, and distorts the study of religion.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9780199959846 ● Publisher Oxford University Press ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2601736 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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