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An Argument for Thinking of Religions as Vestigial States

Posted on 12 March 2012 by naomigoldenberg

This is a guest posting by Prof. Naomi Goldenberg, introducing some of the themes she will be addressing when she visits the UK in late April 2012.   My work at present is focused on developing the hypothesis that religions … Continue reading →

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Musicology and philosophy, religion and political science – the issue of interdisciplinarity

Posted on 15 July 2011 by Michael Marten

I have for some time been reflecting on why it is that so few ‘secular’ scholars engage meaningfully with ‘religion’, or to put it another way: why is it that so many of us as religion scholars depend upon and … Continue reading →

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Questioning ‘the global resurgence of religion’

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Timothy Fitzgerald

Scott M. Thomas has been widely praised for his book The Global Resurgence of Religion and the Transformation of International Relations: The Struggle for the Soul of the Twenty-First Century (NY & Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2005). This is an ambitious … Continue reading →

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