Explore a rigorous but accessible guide to contemporary approaches
to the study of religion from leading voices in the field The Wiley
Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion 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: A comprehensive
exploration of multiple approaches to religious study, including
anthropology, economics, literature, phenomenology, philosophy,
psychology, sociology, and theology A review of various topics
germane to the study of religion, including the study of the body,
cognitive science, the comparative method, death and the afterlife,
law, magic, music, and myth A selection of subjects touching on
modern trends in extremism and violence, including chapters on
terror and violence, fundamentalism, and nationalism A discussion
of the influence of modernism and postmodernism in religion Ideal
for undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students in
humanities and social science programs taking courses on religion
and myth, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion
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.
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