Brad Stoddard is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at McDaniel College, USA.Craig Martin is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at St Thomas Aquinas College, USA.

This short work should function as an excellent resource to challenge students in an introduction to religion course.

• ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Religions are Belief Systems, Sean McCloud (University of North Carolina, USA)2. Religions are Intrinsically Violent, Matt Sheedy (University of Manitoba, Canada)3. Religion Makes People Moral, Jennifer Eyl (Tufts University, USA)4. Religion Concerns the Transcendent, Leslie Dorrough Smith (Avila University, USA)5. Religion is a Private Matter, Robyn Faith Walsh (University of Miami, USA)6. Religions are Mutually Exclusive, Steven W. Ramey (The University of Alabama, USA)7. I’m Spiritual but Not Religious, Andie Alexander (Emory University, USA) and Russell T. McCutcheon (University of Alabama, USA)8. Learning about Religion Leads to Tolerance, Tenzan Eaghll (University of Toronto, Canada)9. Everyone has a Faith, James Dennis LoRusso (Princeton University, USA)10. Religion is Bullshit, Rebekka King (Middle Tennessee State University, USA)BibliographyIndex