A systems theory of religion /

A Systems Theory of Religion, still unfinished at Niklas Luhmann's death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the editorial work of André Kieserling. One of Luhmann's most important projects, it exemplifies his later work while redefining the subject matter of t...

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Main Author: Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998 (Author)
Other Authors: Kieserling, André (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]
Series:Cultural memory in the present.
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