RT Article T1 Marx's Eleventh Thesis and the Politics of the Study of Religion: Lessons from The Sacred Is the Profane JF The journal of religion VO 98 IS 2 SP 224 OP 246 A1 Levene, Nancy LA English PB University of Chicago Press YR 2018 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1580870104 AB A literary criticism for William E. Arnal and Russell T. McCutcheon's book "The Sacred Is the Profane: The Political Nature of Religion." is presented. Topics discussed include need of fundamental changes in the regular curriculum of a study of religion; critique of religion and its study that took hold in theorists such as Jonathan Z. Smith; and a comparative model founded on the identification of a universal religious modality with attention to the social circulation of religion. K1 ARNAL, William E K1 MCCUTCHEON, Russell T K1 Religious Education K1 SACRED Is the Profane: The Political Nature of Religion, The (Book) K1 SMITH, Jonathan Z DO 10.1086/696238