Part I Descriptions: definition; classification; comparison; interpretation. Part II Explanations: structure; exchange; social formations; rationality; cognition; origin; myth; ritual; gender; sacred; manifestation; world building; body; projection; depravation; stratification; intellect; ethnicity; experience. Part III Locations: modernism; romanticism; nationalism; colonialism; postmodernism; culture; discourse; ideology.
Willi Braun is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada. Russell T. McCutcheon is University Research Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, USA.
"The Guide is a truly remarkable text and a must for all students
and scholars of religion." --Studies in Religion: Sciences
Religieuses 29.3 (2000)
"In the last few years Cassell have published several worthwhile
volumes on the study of religion. Guide to the Study of Religion is
no exception...For postgraduates and for busy academics bogged down
with administration and struggling to keep up with contemporary
issues and debates[...]this volume is an extremely helpful and
wide-ranging collection." --Themelios
"Thirty-one essays, authored by an impressive array of some of the
best, established and newer, scholars of religion. In the sheer
volume of the material offered, and in the consistently high
quality of most of the essays, the book presents the determined
reader with a daunting abundance of riches." --Method & Theory in
the Study of Religion
"This is the type of book that I could imagine using at the
beginning of a world religions course in order to help students
understand how scholars seek to understand religions. Or it might
be used in course on research and methods. It is not a theology
text per se, but it helps those of us who are theologians
understand both our discipline and the location of our discipline
in relation to the larger field of religious studies. I recommend
it heartily!" -- David C. Ratke, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Currents in
Theology and Mission
*Currents in Theology and Mission*
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