This updated textbook unravels the complex issues related to methodology and theory in the study of religion. It equips students with the knowledge needed for t

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It has been argued that religious studies is a polymethodic discipline, and that the student of religion should be familiar with the approaches of the major dis

Waardenburg’s magisterial essay traces the rise and development of the academic study of religion from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, outlin