Religious Studies: A Global View

✍ Scribed by Gregory Alles

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 368
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Drawing on recent developments in the comparative study of religion, this book explores the trends of the past sixty years from a global perspective. Each of the ten chapters covers the study of religion in a different region of the world, from Europe and the Americas to Asia and the Far East. Topics covered include:

• local background to the study of religions
• formation of religious studies in the region
• important thinkers and writings
• institutions
• interregional diversity and interregional connections
• emerging issues.

This book is a major contribution to the field of religious studies and a valuable reference for scholars, researchers and graduate students.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of contributors......Page 8
List of abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
1. Western Europe......Page 27
2. Eastern Europe......Page 63
3. North Africa and West Asia......Page 88
4. Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 115
5. South and Southeast Asia......Page 139
6. Continental East Asia......Page 172
7. Japan......Page 204
8. Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands......Page 231
9. North America......Page 255
10. Latin America......Page 282
Afterword: Toward a global vision of religious studies......Page 314
Index......Page 336