5th Edition

Introducing Religion Religious Studies for the Twenty-First Century

By Robert S. Ellwood Copyright 2020
    390 Pages 59 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    390 Pages 59 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Introducing Religion explores different ways of looking at religion in the twenty-first century. Providing a broad overview to the discipline of religious studies, this textbook introduces students to engaging and contemporary topics such as:

    • sociology of religion
    • psychology of religion
    • history of religion
    • religion and art
    • religious ethics
    • popular religion
    • religion and violence

    Thoroughly updated throughout, this fifth edition includes images, further reading, a detailed glossary, case studies, and key terms for revision. This is the essential textbook for students approaching this subject area for the first time.

    1 How to Study Religion

    2 History of Religion on Planet Earth

    3 Myth: Our Lives, and the World’s, Are Stories

    4 Doorways to Other Worlds: Symbol, Rite, and Religion

    5 Oases of the Mind: The Psychology of Religion

    6 Inner Adventure: Walking the Path, and Monks Who Hated God

    7 Why Evil?

    8 Faith Through Form: Religion and Art

    9 Ghost Marriages and Country Music: Popular Religion

    10 Infinite Information, Worlds Without End: The Internet, Religion, and Virtual Realities

    11 Traveling Together: The Sociology of Religion

    12 Truth Messages: The Conceptual Expression of Religion

    13 Worlds to Come: Religious Eschatology and the Afterlife

    14 How Shall We Live? Religion and Ethics

    15 Horror and Glory: Religion Confronting War

    16 God’s Side: Religion and Politics

    Biography

    Robert S. Ellwood is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion at the University of Southern California, USA. He is the author of over twenty-five books, including Many Peoples, Many Faiths, The Fifties Spiritual Marketplace, The Sixties Spiritual Awakening, and Islands of the Dawn.