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The Routledge Companion - SPIRITUAL MINDS

The Routledge Companion to the Study of religion A Companion in the very best sense of the word: it provides the reader with excellent guidesand mentors to walk alongside on the path to understanding.. The result is an intelligent,fair-minded, thorough, and cutting-edge exploration of the field of religious studies. Wendy Doniger,Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, University of Chicago This is a very rich Companion to the Study of religion . The survey of key approachesprovides an excellent introduction for students and others, while the chapters show thereader why and where the study of religion is relevant to our contemporary situation.

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1 The Routledge Companion to the Study of religion A Companion in the very best sense of the word: it provides the reader with excellent guidesand mentors to walk alongside on the path to understanding.. The result is an intelligent,fair-minded, thorough, and cutting-edge exploration of the field of religious studies. Wendy Doniger,Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, University of Chicago This is a very rich Companion to the Study of religion . The survey of key approachesprovides an excellent introduction for students and others, while the chapters show thereader why and where the study of religion is relevant to our contemporary situation.

2 Willem B. Drees,Professor of Philosophy of religion and Ethics, Leiden University, the NetherlandsThe Routledge Companion to the Study of Religionis a major resource for everyone taking coursesin religious studies. It begins by explaining the most important methodological approaches toreligion including psychology, philosophy, anthropology and comparative study beforemoving on to explore a wide variety of critical issues, such as gender, science, fundamentalism,ritual and new religious movements. Written by renowned international specialists, and usingclear and accessible language throughout, it is an excellent guide to the problems and questionsfound in exams and on courses.

3 Surveys the history of religious studies and the key disciplinary approaches Highlights contemporary issues such as globalization, diaspora and politics Explains why the study of religion is relevant in today s world A valuable resource for courses at all levelsJohn R. Hinnellsis Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions at Liverpool HopeUniversity, and was previously professor at SOAS and the University of Manchester. Hisspecialist research area is Zoroastrianism and the Parsis, on which he has written, amongothers, The Zoroastrian Diaspora(2005), Zoroastrian and Parsi Studies(2000) and Zoroastriansin Britain(1996).

4 He is also the editor of various works, including The New Penguin Handbookof Living Religions(2000), The Penguin Dictionary of Religions(1997), Who s Who of Religions(1996) and the Routledge Library of Religious Beliefs and : Eric Sharpe, Robert Segal, David Ford, Peter Vardy, Donald Wiebe, MartinRiesebrodt, Mary Ellen Konieczny, Rosalind Hackett, Daniel Merkur, Douglas Allen, WilliamE. Paden, Darlene Juschka, Kim Knott, Paul Heelas, Richard King, Judith Fox, Henry Munson,Paul Gifford, Garrett Green, Michael Barnes, George Moyser, Christopher Park, ThomasDixon, Luther Martin, Mark Hulsether, Se n running head i123456789101211456789201234567891112345 67891112345611 The Routledge Companion tothe Study of ReligionEdited by John R.

5 Hinnells12345678910123114567892012345678 9301234567894012345671 Recto running head iiiFirst published 2005 by Routledge2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4 RNSimultaneously published in the USA and Canadaby Routledge270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group 2005 John R. Hinnells for selection and editorial material; individualcontributors their contributionsAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced orutilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, nowknown or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in anyinformation storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available from the British LibraryLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication DataThe Routledge Companion to the study of religion / edited by John religion Study and teaching.

6 I. Hinnells, John R. II. 2005200'.71 dc222004023489 ISBN 0 415 33310 5 (hbk)ISBN 0 415 33311 3 (pbk)12345678910121145689201234567891112 34567891112345611 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge scollection of thousands of eBooks please go to ISBN 0-203-41269-9 Master e-book ISBNISBN 0-203-67171-6 (Adobe eReader Format)ContentsNotes on contributorsixIntroduction11 Why study religions?5 JOHN R. HINNELLS2 The study of religion in historical perspective21 ERIC J. SHARPEPART 1 Key approaches to the study of religions473 Theories of religion49 ROBERT A.

7 SEGAL4 Theology61 DAVID F. FORD5 Philosophy of religion80 PETER VARDY6 Religious studies98 DONALD WIEBE7 Sociology of religion125 MARTIN RIESEBRODT AND MARY ELLEN KONIECZNY8 Anthropology of religion144 ROSALIND I. J. HACKETT9 Psychology of religion164 DAN MERKUR10 Phenomenology of religion182 DOUGLAS ALLEN12345678910123114567892012345678930 1234567894012345671 Recto running head v11 Comparative religion208 WILLIAM E. PADENPART 2 Key issues in the study of religions22712 Gender229 DARLENE M. JUSCHKA13 Insider/outsider perspectives243 KIM KNOTT14 Postmodernism259 PAUL HEELAS15 Orientalism and the study of religions275 RICHARD KING16 Secularization291 JUDITH FOX17 Mysticism and spirituality306 RICHARD KING18 New religious movements323 JUDITH FOX19 Fundamentalism337 HENRY MUNSON20 Myth and ritual355 ROBERT A.

8 SEGAL21 Religious authority: scripture, tradition, charisma379 PAUL GIFFORD22 Hermeneutics392 GARRETT GREEN23 Religious pluralism407 MICHAEL BARNES24 religion and politics423 GEORGE MOYSER25 religion and geography439 CHRIS PARK26 religion and science456 THOMAS DIXON12345678910121145678920123456789111 234567891112345611vi Contents27 religion and cognition473 LUTHER H. MARTIN28 religion and culture489 MARK HULSETHER29 religion and the arts509 JOHN R. HINNELLS30 Migration, diaspora and transnationalism: transformations of 526religion and culture in a globalising ageSE N MCLOUGHLINI ndex550123456789101231145678920123456789 301234567894012345671 Contents vii1234567891012114567892012345678911123 4567891112345611 Notes on contributorsDouglas Allen, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maine, is author andeditor of over ten books, including Structure and Creativity of Religionand otherbooks focusing on phenomenology of religion .

9 He served as President of theInternational Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (2000 3) and hashad Fulbright and Smithsonian grants to India. His most recent book is Myth andReligion in Mircea Eliade( Routledge 2002).Michael Barnesstudied Theology at Heythrop College in the University of Londonand Indian Religions at the University of Oxford. After doctoral studies inCambridge he now teaches Theology and Religious Studies at Heythrop and runsa small inter-faith centre in Southall, West Dixonis a Lecturer in History at Lancaster University.

10 His first book, FromPassions to Emotions: The Creation of a Secular Psychological Categorywas publishedby Cambridge University Press in 2003. His teaching and research interests includetopics in the histories of science, religion , ethics and political thought, especiallyin Britain and America from the eighteenth to the twentieth F. Fordis Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous books, including: Theology: A Very Short Introduction(2000), Self and Salvation: Being Transformed(1999), The Shape of Living(1997),Meaning and Truth in 2 Corinthians(1988, with Frances M.)


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