Robert A. Segal is Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. He is also Honorary Professor at the University of Essex and Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Vienna.Nickolas P. Roubekas is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Vienna.

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• List of Contributors viiiAbout the Editors xIntroduction xiRobert A. SegalPart I Approaches 11 Anthropology of Religion 3Fiona Bowie2 Economics of Religion 25Rodney Stark3 Literature and Religion 44Eric Ziolkowski4 Phenomenology of Religion 65Thomas Ryba5 Philosophy of Religion 93Charles Taliaferro6 Psychology of Religion 113Roderick Main7 Sociology of Religion 135Titus Hjelm8 Theology 152Ian S. MarkhamPart II T opics 1699 Body 171Yudit Kornberg Greenberg10 Cognitive Science 184Jesper Sorensen11 Comparative Method 197Paul Roscoe12 Death and Afterlife 209Douglas J. Davies13 Emotion 219Tony Milligan14 Esotericism 229Karl Baier15 Ethics 241G. Scott Davis16 Functionalism 253Robert A. Segal17 Fundamentalism 265Henry Munson18 Globalization 277Michael Wilkinson19 History 289Robert A. Yelle20 Law 302Winnifred Fallers Sullivan21 Magic 315Kocku von Stuckrad22 Modernism and Postmodernism 325Paul-Francois Tremlett23 Music 335Guy L. Beck24 Myth 348Robert A. Segal25 Nationalism 361Mark Juergensmeyer26 Pilgrimage 371Simon Coleman27 Ritual 382Part I by Catherine Bell -- Part II by Jens Kreinath28 Science 400Ralph O'Connor29 Secularization 414Steve Bruce30 Sex and Gender 429Ivan Strenski31 Terror and Violence 440Lorne L. DawsonIndex 451

Robert A. Segal is Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. He is also Honorary Professor at the University of Essex and Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Vienna.Nickolas P. Roubekas is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Vienna.

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• List of Contributors viiiAbout the Editors xIntroduction xiRobert A. SegalPart I Approaches 11 Anthropology of Religion 3Fiona Bowie2 Economics of Religion 25Rodney Stark3 Literature and Religion 44Eric Ziolkowski4 Phenomenology of Religion 65Thomas Ryba5 Philosophy of Religion 93Charles Taliaferro6 Psychology of Religion 113Roderick Main7 Sociology of Religion 135Titus Hjelm8 Theology 152Ian S. MarkhamPart II T opics 1699 Body 171Yudit Kornberg Greenberg10 Cognitive Science 184Jesper Sorensen11 Comparative Method 197Paul Roscoe12 Death and Afterlife 209Douglas J. Davies13 Emotion 219Tony Milligan14 Esotericism 229Karl Baier15 Ethics 241G. Scott Davis16 Functionalism 253Robert A. Segal17 Fundamentalism 265Henry Munson18 Globalization 277Michael Wilkinson19 History 289Robert A. Yelle20 Law 302Winnifred Fallers Sullivan21 Magic 315Kocku von Stuckrad22 Modernism and Postmodernism 325Paul-Francois Tremlett23 Music 335Guy L. Beck24 Myth 348Robert A. Segal25 Nationalism 361Mark Juergensmeyer26 Pilgrimage 371Simon Coleman27 Ritual 382Part I by Catherine Bell -- Part II by Jens Kreinath28 Science 400Ralph O'Connor29 Secularization 414Steve Bruce30 Sex and Gender 429Ivan Strenski31 Terror and Violence 440Lorne L. DawsonIndex 451