The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion

Notes on Contributors Introduction Why Study Religions? The Study of Religion in Historical Perspective Key Approaches to the Study of Religions Theories of Religion Theology Philosophy of Religion Religious Studies Sociology of Religion Anthropology of Religion Psychology of Religion Phenomenology of Religion Comparative Religion Gender Insider/Outsider Perspectives Postmodernism Orientalism and the Study of Religions Secularization Mysticism and Spirituality New Religious Movements Fundamentalism Myth and Ritual Religious Authority: Scripture, Tradition, Charisma Hermeneutics Religious Pluralism Religion and Politics Religion and Geography Religion and Science Religion and Cognition Religion and Culture Religion and the Arts Migration, Diaspora and Traditionalism: Transformations of Religion and Culture in a Globalising Age