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Pyrrhic Victories, or Why Religious Studies is not a Natural Fit

Posted on November 2, 2015January 28, 2018 by Richard Newton

I’m going to throw this out there: there’s no natural-fit position for the religious studies major. And that’s not a bad thing.

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