Thomas A. Lewis is Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the Graduate School at Brown University. His publications include Freedom and Tradition in Hegel: Reconsidering Anthropology, Ethics, and Religion (2005) and Religion, Modernity, and Politics in Hegel (2011).

"Lewis smartly critiques the project of 'religious literacy,' or the teaching of basic facts about each religion's scripture, tenets, and major denominations Lewis is a provocative thinker whose work is well worth reading. In particular, he offers an alternative to a particularly American fallacy about religion, namely, the idea that religious convictions are essentially individual, inward, and experiential and thus cannot be debated or challenged."--Los Angeles Review of Books

"Written in clear and concise prose, this ambitious work-the product of supreme scholarly effort-will provide students of philosophy and religion great opportunities for thought and conversation for years to come Highly recommended."--CHOICE

"...[R]ichly interdisciplinary study of religion." --Amy Hollywood, Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies, Harvard Divinity School

"Lewis's book combines the analytical clarity and methodological rigor that mark philosophical discourse with a deep awareness and nimble handling of the complexity of the theoretical issues gripping religious studies today, and it is written in a lucid prose style that delivers its deep intelligence in an unusually intelligible manner. This is a major contribution to all scholars who study religion, in departments of religious studies, philosophy, and beyond, and everyone across religious studies can and should read this, for they will profit from it." --Charles Mathewes, Carolyn M. Barbour Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia