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This chapter argues that the Cold War context of the late 1950s and early 1960s provided the background for the development (i.e., the funding and need to exist) of the humanistic/nontheological study of religion in the United States.
Keywords: National Defense Education Act; Luce Foundation; Danforth Foundation; humanism; Cold War
Chapter. 8773 words.
Subjects: Religious Studies
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