{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-the-study-of-religion-isbn-9780470656563","title":"The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for the previous edition: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This volume, expertly edited and introduced by Segal, collects a series of essays that combine clarity and accessibility with nuance and balance … and are uniformly of high quality, each with a helpful bibliography that supplements the volume bibliography… This work will command a wide audience, ranging from the general public to religious studies specialists. Highly recommended.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e—CHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is an excellent volume of papers about the study of religion both in conception and execution … Robert Segal has done a marvelous job in editing the volume and providing a bibliography and index … a very useful, well constructed and interesting book that should be widely read and used on courses.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e—British Association for the Study of Religions Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in its second edition, \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e offers an expertly compiled and comprehensive overview of contemporary religious studies across the humanities and the social sciences. Truly interdisciplinary in its methodology and featuring an international team of contributors from diverse academic backgrounds, this \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e explores the anthropological, economic, literary, philosophical, psychological, sociological, and theological terrain of religious studies, and presupposes no prior knowledge of the academic study of religion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter is framed around an approach to religious studies from the vantage point of an adjacent discipline or topic that contributes to our understanding of religion, and is accompanied by its own bibliography to guide further reading. New to this edition are chapters which reflect contemporary trends in scholarship, including gender, science, law, music, emotion, cognition, globalization, and violence. Standard topics like death and the afterlife, ethics, fundamentalism, magic, ritual, and myth, among others, have been rigorously updated to reflect new directions in research and foster discussion among disciplines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeal for students and scholars alike, the second edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e remains an authoritative resource in the study of religion for anyone working in the fields of religious studies, theology, sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, history, and philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert A. Segal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Approaches 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Anthropology of Religion 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiona Bowie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Economics of Religion 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRodney Stark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Literature and Religion 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Ziolkowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Phenomenology of Religion 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Ryba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Philosophy of Religion 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Taliaferro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Psychology of Religion 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoderick Main\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Sociology of Religion 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTitus Hjelm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Theology 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan S. Markham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II T opics 169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Body 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYudit Kornberg Greenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Cognitive Science 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJesper Sorensen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Comparative Method 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Roscoe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Death and Afterlife 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas J. Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Emotion 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTony Milligan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Esotericism 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Baier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Ethics 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eG. Scott Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Functionalism 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert A. Segal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Fundamentalism 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenry Munson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Globalization 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Wilkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 History 289\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert A. Yelle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Law 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinnifred Fallers Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Magic 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKocku von Stuckrad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Modernism and Postmodernism 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul-Francois Tremlett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Music 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuy L. Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Myth 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert A. Segal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Nationalism 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Juergensmeyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Pilgrimage 371\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon Coleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Ritual 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I by Catherine Bell -- Part II by Jens Kreinath\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Science 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRalph O'Connor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Secularization 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Bruce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Sex and Gender 429\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIvan Strenski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Terror and Violence 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLorne L. Dawson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert A. Segal\u003c\/b\u003e is Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. 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