Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Understanding Religion
1. What is Religion?
2. Phenomenology and the Study of Religion
3. The Anthropology of Religion
4. The Sociology of Religion
5. The Psychology of Religion
6. Theological Approaches to the Study of Religion
7. Critical Theory and Religion
8. Ritual and Performance

Part 2: Christianity
9. A Historical Overview
10. Jesus
11. Sacred Writings
12. Beliefs
13. Worship and Festivals
14. Family and Society
15. Contemporary Christianity

Gallery
Rapid Fact-Finder
Index
Picture Acknowledgements

About the Author

Christopher Partridge is professor of religion at Lancaster University.

Tim Dowley is a historian and prolific author and editor of Bible and theology resources. He is the author of The Student Bible Atlas (Fortress Press, 2015), Christian Music: A Global History (Fortress Press, 2011), and The Christians: An Illustrated History (2007) and editor of The Atlas of Christian History (Fortress Press, 2016) and The Atlas of the European Reformations (Fortress Press, 2015), among many other titles.