Polemics
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Abstract: Despite its absence from the stock vocabulary of the study of religion, polemics is a key phenomenon in the study of religion. Although an intrinsic connection exists between polemics and the emergence of secondary forms of religion that place special emphasis on written records and doctrine rather than on ritual, polemics is also found in primary religions, as in “the ‘magic’ of the others versus our true religion.” In the contemporary global world religious polemics is playing an increasingly important role. Although polemics may be particularly prominent in the monotheistic religions, there is hardly a large religion today that is exempt from polemics. ⸙
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Polemics
in Vocabulary for the Study of Religion OnlineSearch for other papers by Anders Klostergaard Petersen in
Current site
Google Scholar
(2,836 words)