A brief and accessible introduction to religion. Drawing material from a diverse range of religions -- including
Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and primal religions -- author Will Deming walks readers through
thirty examples of how religions "work," exploring the significance of religious events and pronouncements.
Table of Contents
1 Why study religion?
2 What is religion?
3 Religious symbols
4 Hinduism
5 Buddhism
6 Judaism
7 Christianity
8 Islam
9 Primal religions
10 Change in symbolic systems over time
11 Further complexities of analysis
12 The limits of analysis
13 The ethics of analysis
14 The comparison of religions
15 The evaluation of religion
16 The evaluation of religions
Postscript : science and religions
