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Wilfred Cantwell Smith

    Wilfred Cantwell Smith fut une figure influente dans l'étude des religions comparées. Son travail a remis en question de manière controversée le concept conventionnel de religion, suscitant un débat important sur sa nature même. L'impact de Smith s'étend au-delà du milieu universitaire, façonnant la compréhension de la foi et des systèmes de croyance.

    Der Islam in der Gegenwart
    The meaning and end of religion
    • The meaning and end of religion

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      Wilfred Cantwell Smith, maintained in this vastly important work that Westerners have misperceived religious life by making religion into one thing. He shows the inadequacy of religion to capture the living, endlessly variable ways and traditions in which religious faith presents itself in the world.

      The meaning and end of religion