The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion

This prestigious Companion offers the most comprehensive survey to date of the study of religion. Featuring a team of international contributors, and edited by one of the most widely respected scholars in the field, *The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion* provides an interdisciplinary and authoritative guide to the subject.  
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* Examines the main approaches to the study of religion: anthropology, the comparative method, economics, literature, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology.
* Also covers a diverse range of topical issues, such as the body, fundamentalism, magic, and new religious movements
* Consists of 24 essays written by an outstanding team of international scholars
* Reviews, within each chapter, an outline of a particular subfield and traces its development up to the present day
* Debates how the discipline may look in the future
* Represents all the major issues, methods and positions in the fieldRead less