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Dec 20, 2025
Seeing Through Religion
An Introduction to the Study of Religion and Religions
Summary
Seeing Through Religion is a cutting-edge textbook that gives students the tools to learn this valuable subject theoretically, McGovern argues that religion isn't a thing out there in the world; it's the glasses on your face through which you see the world, shaped by Western history and, in particular, Christianity.
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Kshitij Jain
Kshitij Jain is pursuing an MPhil in Classical Indian Religion at the University of Oxford.
