The idea of "World religions" expresses a vague commitment to multiculturalism.
Devoting particular attention to the relation between the comparative.
In this ambitious study, Tomoko Masuzawa examines the emergence of "World religions" in modern European thought.
Not merely a descriptive concept, "World religions" is actually a particular ethos, a pluralist ideology, a logic of classification, and a form of knowledge that has shaped the study of religion and infiltrated ordinary language.
The idea of "World religions" expresses a vague commitment to multiculturalism