The Religion Toolkit: A Complete Guide to Religious Studies
Language: English
Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
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- Title
- The Religion Toolkit: A Complete Guide to Religious Studies
- Author
- Morreall, John; Sonn, Tamara
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1405182466
- ISBN 13
- 9781405182461
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Covers the early development of religion, with overviews of major and minor religions from Islam to Scientology
- Considers recent developments including secularization; the relationship between religion and science; and scientific studies on religion, health, and mystical experience
- Uses humor throughout, allowing students to remain open-minded to the subject
- Explains what it means to study religion academically, and considers the impact of the study of religion on religion itself
- Contains numerous student-friendly features including photos, maps, time lines, side bars, historical profiles, and population distribution figures
- Provides classroom users with a lively website,www.wiley.com/go/religiontoolkit, including questions, quizzes, extra material, and helpful primary and secondary sources
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About the Author
John Morreall is Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary. He has published widely in the philosophy of religion, and on the comic dimensions of world religions. His book Comedy, Tragedy, and Religion (1999) won the Choice Outstanding Academic Book 2000. He is also the author of Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor (2009), published by Wiley-Blackwell.
Tamara Sonn is the Wm. R. Kenan Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary. Her books include Comparing Religions through Law: Judaism and Islam (with J. Neusner, 1999) and Islam: A Brief History, 2nd edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). She was senior editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Islam (2003), and associate editor of The Islamic World Past and Present (2004). She is currently an editor of Oxford Islamic Studies Online, and of Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (2009). In addition, Sonn is editor-in-chief of Oxford Bibliographies Online: Islamic Studies, and co-editor-inchief of Wiley-Blackwell's Religion Compass.
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