The Discipline of Religion is a lively critical journey through religious studies today, looking at its recent growth as an academic discipline, and its contemp

This volume is a critical journey through religious studies in the 21st century, looking at its growth as an academic discipline, and its contemporary political

In Geneologies of Religion, Talal Asad explores how religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied as a universal concept. The

Waardenburg’s magisterial essay traces the rise and development of the academic study of religion from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, outlin

This comprehensive Handbook examines the relationship between religion and international relations, mainly focusing on several world religions – Christianity,