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Title: Not really sure who this book is for....
Review: I got this text as a possible core reader for an undergraduate course, and I found it to be two things that I don't care for in a textbook: long-winded and overly technical. I get that the topics covered can get very cerebral and abstract, but one catches more intellectual flies with engaging prose, not this "I'm the smartest guy in the room" writing style.I've taken grad courses in theology and religious studies, and I don't know an instructor who would willingly go with a text like this. It has good ambitions, but the delivery isn't on target. It's too dense, for undergrads in an intro course, too broad for grad students in religious studies or theology, and too technical for a general audience: who is it for?
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