What Is Religion? - Origins, Definitions, and Explanations

"What is Religion?" consists of fourteen essays written by a selection of scholars who represent a wide spectrum of approaches to the academic study of religion. The volume includes a critical introductory essay by the editors and a selected bibliography.

About the author

Thomas A. Idinopulos, Ph.D., University of Chicago, is Professor of Religious Studies at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. His publications include Religion and Reductionism (co-editor, Brill, 1994) and The Sacred and its Scholars (co-editor, Brill, 1996)
Brian C. Wilson, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, is Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University.

Product details

• Assisted by: Idinopulos (Editor), Brian C Wilson (Editor), Brian C. Wilson (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.1998
• EAN: 9789004110229
• ISBN: 978-90-04-11022-9
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 245 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 508 g
• Series: Numen Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works