Description
Introducing Religion explores different ways of looking at religion in the twenty-first century. Providing a broad overview to the discipline of religious studies, this textbook introduces students to engaging and contemporary topics such as:
- sociology of religion
- psychology of religion
- history of religion
- religion and art
- religious ethics
- popular religion
- religion and violence
Thoroughly updated throughout, this fifth edition includes images, further reading, a detailed glossary, case studies, and key terms for revision. This is the essential textbook for students approaching this subject area for the first time.
Table of Contents
1 How to Study Religion 2 History of Religion on Planet Earth 3 Myth: Our Lives, and the World’s, Are Stories 4 Doorways to Other Worlds: Symbol, Rite, and Religion 5 Oases of the Mind: The Psychology of Religion 6 Inner Adventure: Walking the Path, and Monks Who Hated God 7 Why Evil? 8 Faith Through Form: Religion and Art 9 Ghost Marriages and Country Music: Popular Religion 10 Infinite Information, Worlds Without End: The Internet, Religion, and Virtual Realities 11 Traveling Together: The Sociology of Religion 12 Truth Messages: The Conceptual Expression of Religion 13 Worlds to Come: Religious Eschatology and the Afterlife 14 How Shall We Live? Religion and Ethics 15 Horror and Glory: Religion Confronting War 16 God’s Side: Religion and Politics
