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Anthropology of religion

Asad's argument that no universal definition of religion is possible because its elements and their relations are historically specific products of discourse and power.

In anthropology of religion, genealogy of religion refers to Asad's argument that no universal definition of religion is possible because its elements and their relations are historically specific products of discourse and power. This meaning comes from Asad (1983) in Man.[1]

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References

Asad, T. (1983). Anthropological Conceptions of Religion: Reflections on Geertz. Man, 18(2), 237. https://doi.org/10.2307/2801433

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