Religion: Sources, Perspectives, and Methodologies

by Jeffrey J. Kripal

Religion: Sources, Perspectives, and Methodologies serves as a primer to the study of religion. By employing literature, film, art, history, and other disciplines, the approximately 22 thematic chapters begin with a brief history of the modern practice, segue into religion and the social sciences, continues with chapters on gnosticism, material culture, studies of myths and rituals, which serve as introductions to the subfields covered in the succeeding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028662873
• ISBN13: 9780028662879
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.1" x 10.0"