The study of religion
Subtitle: an introduction to key ideas and methods
By: George D. Chryssides and Ron Geaves
Contributors: Geaves, Ron
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781780938400; 9781780937007; 9781780936703; 9781472567321
Subjects: Religion; 11.01 systematic religious studies: general; Study and teaching; Religionswissenschaft
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The tools of the trade; title: Methodology in religious studies; title: Insiders and outsiders; title: Does size matter?; title: Key figures in the study of religion; title: Phenomenology and its critics; title: Colonialismand postcolonialism in the study of religion; title: Authenticity and diversity; title: Fieldwork in the study of religion; title: Religion and gender; title: The question of truth; title: The internet as a resource in the study of religion.