| Description |
xix, 471 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to religion |
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Blackwell companions to religion.
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| Contents |
List of contributors -- Introduction / Robert A. Segal -- pt. 1. Approaches -- 1. Anthropology of religion / Fiona Bowie -- 2. The comparative method / Paul Roscoe -- 3. Economics of religion / Rodney Stark -- 4. Literature and religion / Stephen Prickett -- 5. Phenomenology of religion / Thomas Ryba -- 6. Philosophy of religion / Charles Taliaferro -- 7. Psychology of religion / Roderick Main -- 8. Sociology of religion / Grace Davie -- 9. Theology / Ian Markham -- pt. 2. Topics -- 10. Body / Richard H. Roberts -- 11. Death and afterlife / Douglas J. Davies -- 12. Ethics / G. Scott Davis -- 13. Fundamentalism / Henry Munson -- 14. Heaven and hell / Jeffrey Burton Russell -- 15. Holy men/holy women / Lawrence S. Cunningham -- 16. Magic / Gustavo Benavides -- 17. Modernity and postmodernity / Colin Campbell -- 18. Mysticism / Jeffrey J. Kripal -- 19. Myth / Robert A.Segal -- 20. Nationalism and religion / Mark Juergensmeyer -- 21. New religious movements / Lorne L. Dawson -- 22. Pilgrimage / Simon Coleman -- 23. Ritual / Catherine Bell -- 24. Secularization / Steve Bruce -- Consolidated bibliography -- Index. |
| Note |
Originally published: Malden, Mass.; Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Religion -- Study and teaching.
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| Added Author |
Segal, Robert Alan.
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| Added Title |
Companion to the study of religion |
| ISBN |
9781405185981 paperback |
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1405185988 paperback |
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