Religion: The Modern Theories
This introductory textbook is both challenging and rewarding. It covers in three parts a wider span of academic disciplines than is usually the case. Useful as an undergraduate text, though many a new postgraduate would do well to read it for an overview of religious studies.(Douglas J. Davies, University of Durham)A splendid textbook for an undergraduate course in religion and eminently accessible to the sophisticated lay reader. A significant contribution to the field and a major contribution to the teaching of religion.(Neil Gillman, Jewish Theological Seminary of America)Provides a concise, instructive survey of scholarly efforts over the past century to frame a general theory of religion.(Journal of Religion2005-01-00)