New Approaches to the Study of Religion : Volume 1: Regional, Critical, and Historical Approaches

Internationally recognized scholars from many parts of the world provide a critical survey of recent developments and achievements in the global field of religious studies. The work follows in the footsteps of two former publications: Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Jacques Waardenburg (1973), and Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Frank Whaling (1984/85). New Approaches to the Study of Religion completes the survey of the comparative study of religion in the twentieth century by focussing on the past two decades. Many of the chapters, however, are also pathbreaking and point the way to future approaches. Originally published in 2004, New Approaches are now available as paperback for classroom use. Also available as a 2 volume set. Frontmatter ......Page 2 Contents ......Page 6 Introduction ......Page 8 New Approaches to the Study of Religion in North America......Page 20 A Survey of New Approaches to the Study of Religion in Europe......Page 50 The Study of Religion, the History of Religions and Islamic Studies in Turkey......Page 70 The Study of Religion and Social Crises......Page 108 A Survey of New Approaches to the Study of Religion in India......Page 134 A Survey of New Approaches to the Study of Religion in Australia and the Pacific......Page 154 Philosophy and Religion......Page 192 Meaning and Religion......Page 226 Religion in Context......Page 260 Ideological Critique in the Study of Religion......Page 278 Gendering the History of Religion......Page 302 Critical Trends in the Study of Religion in the United States......Page 324 New Approaches to the Study of Religion and Culture......Page 352 Religion and the Internet......Page 392 New Approaches to the Study of New Religions in North America and Europe......Page 414 New Approaches to the Study of the New Fundamentalisms......Page 444 Zen and the Art of Inverting Orientalism......Page 458 The Study of Western Esotericism......Page 496 Backmatter ......Page 528 1. Regional, Critical, And Historical Approaches -- 2. Textual, Comparative, Sociological, And Cognitive Approaches. Edited By Peter Antes, Armin W. Geertz, Randi R. Warne. Originally Published In Hardcover As Volume 42 And 43 In The Series, Religion And Reason. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. It is particularly fitting at the threshold of a new millennium to reflect back on what has transpired in academic approaches to the study of religion over the last two decades of the twentieth century.