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It surveys critical issues such as gender, science, fundamentalism, ritual, and new religious movements, and expands coverage with new chapters on post-structuralism, economics, environment, popular culture, and sacred space. The volume also reviews the history and disciplinary approaches of the field, explains contemporary relevance, and provides annotated reading lists, a glossary, and summaries of key points.","The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion Second Edition  \nThe Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion is a major resource for courses in Religious Studies. It begins by explaining the most important methodological approaches to religion, including psychology, philosophy, anthropology and comparative study, before moving on to explore a wide variety of critical issues, such as gender, science, fundamentalism, ritual, and new religious movements. Written by renowned international specialists, this new edition:  \n• includes eight new chapters on post-structuralism, religion and economics, religion and the environment, religion and popular culture, and sacred space  \n• surveys the history of religious studies and the key disciplinary approaches  \n• explains why the study of religion is relevant in today’s world  \n• highlights contemporary issues such as globalization, diaspora and politics  \n• includes annotated reading lists, a glossary and summaries of key points to assist student learning.  \nJohn R. Hinnells is Emeritus Professor at Liverpool Hope University and Honorary Research Professor at SOAS where he was founding head of the Department for the Study of Religion. He is also a Senior Member of Robinson College, Cambridge, and life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. His main works on Zoroastrianism are Zoroastrians in Britain (OUP 1996); Zoroastrian and Parsi Studies (2000) and The Zoroastrian Diaspora (2005). He edited the New Penguin Dictionary of Religions and the New Penguin Handbook of Living Religions (1997 and 1998) . He is editor of the Routledge series Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices.  \nContributors: Douglas Allen, Gregory D. Alles, William Sims Bainbridge, Michael Barnes, Jeremy Carrette, Thomas Dixon, David F. Ford, Judith Fox, Paul Gifford, Roger S. Gottlieb, Garrett Green, Rosalind I. J. Hackett, John R. Hinnells, Lawrence Iannaccone, Darlene Juschka, Richard King, Kim Knott, Mary Ellen Konieczny, Gordon Lynch, Luther H. Martin, Seán McLoughlin, Chad Meister, Dan Merkur, George Moyser, Henry Munson, William E.  \nPaden, Martin Riesbrodt, Robert A. Segal, Eric J. Sharpe, Donald Wiebe and John Wolffe.  \nThe Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion Second edition  \nEdited by John R. Hinnells First published 2010 by Routledge  \n2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge  \n270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009.  \nTo purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to [www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk).  \n© 2010 John R. Hinnells for selection and editorial materials. The contributors for their contributions.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nA catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-203-86876-5 Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN10: 0-415-47327-6 (hbk)  \nISBN10: 0-415-47328-4 (pbk)  \nISBN10: 0-203-86876-5 (ebk)  \nISBN13: 978-0-415-47327-9 (hbk)  \nISBN13: 978-0-415-47328-6 (pbk)  \nISBN13: 978-0-203-86876-8 (ebk)  \nContents  \nContributors  \nix  \nIntroduction  \n1 Why study religions?  \n5  \nJOHn R. HInnELLS  \n2 The study of religion in historical perspective 21  \nERIC J. SHARPE  \n3 The study of religions: the last 50 years 39  \nGREGORy ALLES  \n4 Religious history 56  \nJOHn WOLFFE  \nPart 1  \nKey approaches to the study of religions 73  \n5 Theories","cbCaicwCn1grdaAI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicwCn1grdaAI","pdf",4639461,3,1,1155,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## Why study religions?\n# Key approaches to the study of religions\n## Theories of religion\n## Theology\n## Philosophy of religion\n## Religious studies\n## Sociology of religion\n## Anthropology of religion\n## Psychology of religion\n## Phenomenology of religion\n## Comparative religion\n# Key topics in the study of religions\n## Gender\n## Insider/outsider perspectives\n## Post-structuralism and the study of religion\n## Orientalism and the study of religions\n## Secularization\n## Mysticism and spirituality\n## New religious movements\n## Fundamentalism\n## Myth and ritual\n## Religious authority: scripture, tradition, charisma\n## Hermeneutics","[{\"question\":\"What 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