| List of Contributors |
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| Preface |
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| INTRODUCING SMITH |
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| CARGO CULT SCIENCE AND THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS: GENEALOGY IN AN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION |
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| REDESCRIBING MANDALAS: A TEST CASE IN BODH GAYA, INDIA |
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| THE GOSPEL OF MARK AS REFLECTION ON EXILE AND IDENTITY |
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| "MAP-MAKER, MAP-MAKER, MAKE ME A MAP": REDESCRIBING GRECO-ROMAN "ELECTIVE SOCIAL FORMATIONS" |
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| BELIEF: A CLASSIFICATORY LACUNA AND DISCIPLINARY "PROBLEM" |
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| AN OCCASION FOR THOUGHT |
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| COMPARING PRAYER: ON SCIENCE, UNIVERSALS, AND THE HUMAN CONDITION |
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| ON HOW MAKING DIFFERENCES MAKES A DIFFERENCE |
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| DECONSTRUCTING THE ELIADEAN PARADIGM: SYMBOL |
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| COMPARISON: CATEGORIES, METHODS, AND MISCHIEFS-THE CASE OF THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS |
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| INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS: STUDYING HINDUISM NON-RELIGIOUSLY? |
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| SMITH, DERRIDA, AND AMOS |
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| IMAGINATION BOUND AND UNBOUND |
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| TELLING THE TRUTH CAN BE DANGEROUS BUSINESS |
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| FINDING ONE'S PLACE: MAGIC, SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY |
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| IS IT MEANINGFUL TO SPEAK OF A GRECO-ROMAN DIASPORA JUDAISM? A CASE STUDY IN TAXONOMICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF ANCIENT JUDAISM |
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| THINK GLOBALLY, GET DEATH THREATS LOCALLY: THE POLITICS OF STUDYING HINDUISM |
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| SACRED PERSISTENCE? |
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| DO RITUALS DO? AND HOW DO THEY DO IT? COGNITION AND THE STUDY OF RITUAL |
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| READER AS PRODUCER: JONATHAN Z. SMITH ON EXEGESIS, INGENUITY, ELABORATION |
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| RE: PAUL |
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| RABBI JEREMIAH |
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| MAPS, GENEALOGY, AND DIFFERENCE: TOWARDS RECOGNITION OF OUR AMBULATORY NATURE |
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| HOMINIBUS VAGIS VITAM: THE WANDERING OF HOMO HELLENISTICUS IN AN AGE OF TRANSFORMATION |
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| CONNECTING WITH EVOLUTIONARY MODELS: NEW PATTERNS IN COMPARATIVE RELIGION? |
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| WHAT A DIFFERENCE THEORY MAKES |
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| THE ONTOLOGY OF RELIGION |
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| COMPARING LAW COMPARING RELIGION |
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Winnifred Falters Sullivan |
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| THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION AND ITS CULTURED DESPISERS |
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| INTRODUCING RELIGION |
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| Index of Authors |
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