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Words, Things, and “Religion” - A New Science: The Discovery of Religion in the Age of Reason. By Guy Stroumsa. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2010. x + 223 pp. $35.00 cloth.

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A New Science: The Discovery of Religion in the Age of Reason. By Guy Stroumsa. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2010. x + 223 pp. $35.00 cloth.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2011

Matthew Day
Matthew Day
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Florida State University
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Church History , Volume 80 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 611 - 622
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