- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion, Religion & Spirituality
Formerly at Princeton, King's College, Cambridge and the University of Lyon, Pascal Boyer is Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St Louis, MissouriWhile human religious practice and belief are extraordinarily varied, they are nevertheless not infinitely so.
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Contemporary, cool, spare and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Pascal Boyer
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 430
- Publisher
- Vintage, Vintage Uk, Basic Books
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780465004614
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