Since the emergence of religious studies and the social sciences as academic disciplines, the concept of "magic" has played a major role in defining religion and in mediating the relation of religion
This collection of essays considers the place of magic in the modern world, first by exploring the ways in which modernity has been defined in explicit opposition to magic and superstition, and then b
This collection of essays considers the place of magic in the modern world—first by exploring the ways in which modernity has been defined in explicit opposition to magic and superstition, and then by
A long time in the making (life sometimes interferes with book making), this volume stems from an eponymous 2003 conference organized by the departments of religion and religious studies at Duke U. an
In this deeply moving book of reflection and recollection, Frederick Buechner once again draws us into his deeply textured life and experience to illuminate our own understanding of home as both our p
