How should we study religion? Must we be religious ourselves to truly understand it? Do we study religion to advance our knowledge, or should the study of relig

"How should we study religion? Must we be religious ourselves to truly understand it? Do we study religion to advance our knowledge, or should the study of reli

What is religion and how does it originate? What are its functions and how does it work? These are some of the key questions addressed by theories of religion.

This book includes a collection of articles by leading researchers on the topic of religious contact in the study of religion. Resulting from the final conferen

How should ancient religious ideas be approached? Is "religion" an applicable term to antiquity? Should classicists, ancient historians, and religious studies s