An expert yet accessible guide to the contemporary ways of studying religion across the humanities and the social sciences. No major approach to the study of religion is overlooked, and a score of the major topics in the study of religion is included. The chapters presuppose no knowledge of the subjects and can readily be used by undergraduates as well as by postgraduates and specialists. The aim is to survey the study of religion by those who teach in anthropology, sociology, psychology, and history departments, for example, and not just those who teach in religious studies or theology.