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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion / Edition 2
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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion / Edition 2
Current price: $205.95
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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion / Edition 2
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delivers an expert and insightful analysis of modern perspectives on the study of religion across the humanities and the social sciences. Presupposing no knowledge of the approaches examined in the collection, the book is ideal for undergraduate students who have yet to undertake extensive study in the humanities or social sciences.
The book includes perspectives from those in fields as diverse as globalization, cognitive science, the study of emotion, law, esotericism, sex and gender, functionalism, terror, the comparative method, modernism, and postmodernism. Many of the topics covered in the book clearly hail from religious studies, while others are grounded in other areas of academia.
All of the chapters contained within are written by recognized authors who show how their chosen discipline contributes to the understanding of the phenomenon of religion. This book also includes topics like:
Ideal for undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students in humanities and social science programs taking courses on religion and myth,
will also earn a place in the libraries of specialists working in the fields of Religious Studies, Theology, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Political Science, History, and Philosophy.