The Routledge companion to the study of religion

 Content: Why study religions? / John R. Hinnells --
 The study of religion in historical perspective / Eric J. Sharpe --
 Theories of religion / Robert A. Segal --
 Theology / David Ford --
 Philosophy of religion / Peter Vardy --
 Religious studies / Donald Wiebe --
 Sociology of religion / Martin Riesebrodt and Mary Ellen Konieczny --
 Anthropology of religion / Rosalind I.J. Hackett --
 Psychology of religion / Dan Merkur --
 Phenomenology of religion / Douglas Allen --
 Comparative religion / William E. Paden --
 Gender / Darlene M. Juschka --
 Insider/outsider perspectives / Kim Knott --
 Postmodernism / Paul Heelas --
 Orientalism and the study of religions / Richard King --
 Secularization / Judith Fox --
 Mysticism and spirituality / Richard King --
 New religious movements / Judith Fox --
 Fundamentalism / Henry Munson --
 Myth and ritual / Robert A. Segal --
 Religious authority : scripture, tradition, charisma / Paul Gifford --
 Hermeneutics / Garrett Green --
 Religious pluralism / Michael Barnes --
 Religion and politics / George Moyser --
 Religion and geography / Chris Park --
 Religion and science / Thomas Dixon --
 Religion and cognition / Luther H. Martin --
 Religion and culture / Mark Hulsether --
 Religion and the arts / John R. Hinnells --
 Migration, diaspora, and transnationalism : transformations of religion and culture in a globalising age / Seán McLoughlin.