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Deep History, Secular Theory
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Deep History, Secular Theory

by Luther Martin
May 2014
Beginner
376 pages
13h 21m
English
De Gruyter
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2. The Academic Study of Religions during the Cold War: A Western Perspective

I resist, in the following, the pretension implied in representing the “western” perspective on the academic study of religion during the Cold War. At best, I can attempt to report on the situation in the United States, and then, but partially ; but perhaps the American case will represent, if in extremis, something of the “western” perspective. My report will be based in part on anecdotal evidence and impressionistic views as well as on some of the growing body of research that is emerging to document the relationship between the Cold War and the university (cited herein and in Schrecker 1986, 4, n. 3). I hope, nevertheless, that these reflections might suffice to ...

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