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Arizona State University - Fall 2012 | ||
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The Invention of World Religions: Or, How European Universalism Was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism (4th Edition) by Tomoko Masuzawa Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-226-50989-3 / 0226509893 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-50989-1 / 9780226509891 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 |