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Religious Essentialism

Religious Essentialism is an academic construct that posits the intrinsic, immutable nature of religious identities by attributing fixed, universal characteristics to religious groups, thereby reducing complex belief systems and practices to reified, essential qualities.

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Authors

15

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2017–2026

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Publications

15

Anti‐Essentialism, Multiculturalism and the ‘Recognition’ of Religious Groups

Tariq Modood · Journal of Political Philosophy · 1998 · 237 citations

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Globalization, religious fundamentalism and the need for meaning

Michael B. Salzman · International Journal of Intercultural Relations · 2008 · 76 citations

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Defining Judaism: Accounting for “Religions” in the Study of Religion

Michael L. Satlow · Journal of the American Academy of Religion · 2006 · 50 citations

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Cultural context shapes essentialist beliefs about religion.

Lisa Chalik, Sarah‐Jane Leslie, Marjorie Rhodes · Developmental Psychology · 2017 · 47 citations · Full text

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Religion, Philosophy and Family Resemblances

Timothy Fitzgerald · Religion · 1996 · 46 citations

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Authors

22

  1. CM
    Colleen M. Cowgill

    Ohio University, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  2. MR
    Marjorie Rhodes

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  3. MB
    Michael B. Salzman

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    1 publications · 76 citations

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  4. SH
    Seyed Hassan Hosseini

    Sharif University of Technology, Iran

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. JB
    John Bishop

    Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 23 citations

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Institutions

15

  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  2. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    76 citations

  3. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  4. Ruhr University Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  5. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

  6. Aichi Gakuin University

    Nagoya, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  8. University of Erfurt

    Erfurt, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. Religion

    2 publications · 79 citations

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  2. Journal of the American Academy of Religion

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  3. Journal of Political Philosophy

    1 publications · 237 citations

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  4. Journal of Media and Religion

    JMR · 1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. Cultural Sociology

    1 publications · 29 citations

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