Segal R.A. (ed.) The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion

Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2006. — 492 p. — (Blackwell Companions to Religion). — ISBN: 0-631-23216-8.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. 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 field.Anthropology of religion / Fiona Bowie
The comparative method / Paul Roscoe
An economics of religion / Rodney Stark
Literature and religion / Stephen Prickett
Phenomenology of religion / Thomas Ryba
Philosophy of religion / Charles Taliaferro
Psychology of religion / Roderick Main
Sociology of religion / Grace Davie
Theology / Ian Markham
Body / Richard Roberts
Death/afterlife / Douglas J. Davies
Ethics / G. Scott Davis
Fundamentalism / Henry Munson
Heaven and hell / Jeffrey Burton Russell
Holy men/holy women / Lawrence S. Cunningham
Magic / Gustavo Benavides
Modernity and postmodernity / Colin Campbell
Mysticism / Jeffrey J. Kripal
Myth / Robert Segal
Nationalism and religion / Mark Juergensmeyer
New religious movements / Lorne L. Dawson
Pilgrimage / Simon Coleman
Ritual / Catherine Bell
Secularization / Steve Bruce