Religion 2013

The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion

Edited by Michael Stausberg, Steven Engler

This is the first comprehensive survey in English of research methods in the field of religious studies. It is designed to enable non-specialists and students at upper undergraduate and graduate levels to understand the variety of research methods used in the field. The aim is to create awareness...

Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge

Religion and Change in Modern Britain

Edited by Linda Woodhead, Rebecca Catto

This book offers a fully up-to-date and comprehensive guide to religion in Britain since 1945. A team of leading scholars provide a fresh analysis and overview, with a particular focus on diversity and change. They examine: relations between religious and secular beliefs and institutions the...

Published February 13th 2012 by Routledge

The Study of Religion: A Reader

By John S. Harding, Hillary P. Rodrigues

Religious studies draws on work by anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, theologians, and others for an understanding of its subject matter. Many influential works are not written by specialist scholars in religious studies, but have still had a notable impact on our understanding of the...

To Be Published August 20th 2013 by Routledge

South Asian Religions

Tradition and Today

Edited by Karen Pechilis, Selva J. Raj

The religious landscape of South Asia is complex and fascinating. While existing literature tends to focus on the majority religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, much less attention is given to Jainism, Sikhism, Islam or Christianity. While not nelecting the majority traditions, this ...

Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge

Introducing Tibetan Buddhism

By Geoffrey Samuel

Series: World Religions

This lively introduction is the ideal starting point for students wishing to undertake a comprehensive study of Tibetan religion. It covers the development and influence of Tibetan Buddhism and the key schools and traditions, including Bon. Geoffrey Samuel helps students get to grips with a complex...

Published April 12th 2012 by Routledge

The Routledge Companion to Modern Christian Thought

Edited by Chad Meister, James Beilby

Series: Routledge Religion Companions

This Companion provides an unrivalled view of the field of modern Christian thought, from the Enlightenment to the twentieth century and beyond. Written by an outstanding team of theologians and philosophers of religion, it covers the following topics within Christian thought: Key figures and...

Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge

The Orthodox Christian World

Edited by Augustine Casiday

Series: Routledge Worlds

Over the last century unprecedented numbers of Christians from traditionally Orthodox societies migrated around the world. Once seen as an ‘oriental’ or ‘eastern’ phenomenon, Orthodox Christianity is now much more widely dispersed, and in many parts of the modern world one need not go far to find...

Published July 1st 2012 by Routledge

Understanding Religion and Popular Culture

Edited by Terry Ray Clark, Dan W. Clanton Jr.

This introductory text provides students with a 'toolbox' of approaches for analyzing religion and popular culture. It encourages readers to think critically about the ways in which popular cultural practices and products, especially those considered as forms of entertainment, are laden with...

Published April 18th 2012 by Routledge

Modern Theology

A Critical Introduction

By Rachel Muers, Mike Higton

This book offers a fresh and up-to-date introduction to modern Christian theology. The ‘long nineteenth century’ saw enormous transformations of theology, and of thought about religion, that shaped the way both Christianity and ‘religion’ are understood today. Muers and Higton provide a lucid guide...

Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge

The Theology of Suffering and Death

An Introduction for Caregivers

By Natalie Kertes Weaver

This book offers a theological foundation for engaging with the realities of suffering and dying. Designed particularly for practical theology students and trainee caregivers, it introduces the spiritual and theological issues raised by suffering and dying. The chapters consider: how Christian...

Published November 8th 2012 by Routledge

Christology and Whiteness

What Would Jesus Do?

Edited by George Yancy

This book explores Christology through the lens of whiteness, addressing whiteness as a site of privilege and power within the specific context of Christology. It asks whether or not Jesus’ life and work offers theological, religious and ethical resources that can address the question of...

Published July 23rd 2012 by Routledge

Muslims

Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, 4th Edition

By Andrew Rippin

Andrew Rippin’s Muslims is essential reading for students and scholars alike. This new edition has been comprehensively updated and for the first time features a companion website with extensive links to additional reading and resources to help deepen students’ understanding of the subject....

Published August 11th 2011 by Routledge

The Routledge Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations

Edited by Mona Siddiqui

Interest in Christian-Muslim dialogue has grown considerably in recent years. How Islam and Christianity have approached each other theologically is one of the most absorbing ways of understanding the challenge of interreligious relations or Christian-Muslim polemics. This volume provides an...

Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge

Classical Islam

A Sourcebook of Religious Literature, 2nd Edition

Edited by Norman Calder, Jawid Mojaddedi, Andrew Rippin

This definitive sourcebook presents more than sixty authoritative new translations of key Islamic texts. Edited and translated by three leading specialists, Classical Islam features eight thematically-linked sections covering the Qur'an and its interpretation, the life of Muhammad, hadith, law,...

Published October 23rd 2012 by Routledge

Studying Religion and Society

Sociological Self-Portraits

Edited by Titus Hjelm, Phil Zuckerman

How do you study religion and society? In this fascinating book, some of the most famous names in the field explain how they go about their everyday work of studying religions in the field. They explain how the ideas for their projects and books have come together, how their understanding of...

Published November 7th 2012 by Routledge

Religion in Contemporary America

By Charles H. Lippy, Eric Tranby

This book provides a fresh, engaging multi-disciplinary introduction to religion in contemporary America. The chapters explore the roots of contemporary American religion from the 1950s up to the present day, looking at the major traditions including mainline Protestantism, the...

Published February 21st 2013 by Routledge

Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films

Edited by Adele Reinhartz

Series: Routledge Key Guides

Movies which have drawn inspiration from the Bible, either directly or indirectly, have been extremely popular since the earliest days of cinema. Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films introduces a wide range of those movies, which are among the most important, critically-acclaimed and highest-grossing...

Published October 30th 2012 by Routledge

Digital Religion

Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds

Edited by Heidi A. Campbell

Digital Religion offers a critical and systematic survey of the study of religion and new media. It covers religious engagement with a wide range of new media forms and highlights examples of new media engagement in all five of the major world religions. From cell phones and video games to blogs...

Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge