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The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion

Oxford Handbooks Online

This Handbook offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in the study of religion. Its fifty-one chapters, written by authors from twelve countries, are organized into seven systematic parts. Part I (“Religion”) comprises chapters on definitions and theories of religion, history/translation, spirituality, and non-religion. Part II (“Theoretical Approaches”) reviews cognitive science, economics, evolutionary theory, feminism/gender theory, hermeneutics, Marxism, postcolonialism, semantics, semiotics, structuralism/poststructuralism, and social theory. Part III (“Modes”) addresses communication, materiality, narrative, performance, sound, space, and time. Part IV (“Environments”) relates religion to economy, law, media, nature, medicine, politics, science, sports, and tourism. Part V (“Topics”) discusses belief, emotion, experience, gift and sacrifice, gods, initiations and transitions, priests/prophets/sorcerers, purity, and salvation. Part VI (“Processes”) de...

Asian Journal of Religious Studies May-June 2015 60/3

2015

Asian Journal of Religious Studies May-June 2015 60/3 Editorial: Religions in 2050 | (pp. 3-4) Towards "A Church that Is for the Poor and With the Poor"<br> Job Kozhamthadam SJ | (pp. 5-10) Living without Limits <br> Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ | (pp. 11-15) The Star of Behlehem and "The Ray of Truth that Enlightens All Humans"<br> Boris Repschinski SJ | (pp. 16-36) Homily Notes | (pp. 16-36)37-48)

Religion Abstracts: 2nd Annual International Conference

2017

This book includes the abstracts of all the papers presented at the 2nd Annual International Symposium on Religion and Theology, 22-25 May 2017, organized by the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER). In total 25 papers were submitted by 29 presenters, coming from 14 different countries (Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, India, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, UK, and USA). The conference was organized into 11 sessions that included a variety of topic areas such as medieval theology, ethics, and philosophy of ritual. A full conference program can be found beginning on the next page. In accordance with ATINER’s Publication Policy, the papers presented during this conference will be considered for inclusion in one of ATINER’s many publications.